The United States and Russia are already obligated to respect Ukraine's sovereignty under the Budapest Memorandum and they're not doing it, so executing another piece of paper without NATO membership will be meaningless

The US under Trump is demanding pieces of Ukraine's economy, and Russia has already taken pieces of its land.

This whole business is a dirty joke, rewarding Russia for its aggression and turning a blind eye to its myriad war crimes.

 

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy ditches ambition to join NATO ahead of peace talks

 

... “From the very beginning, Ukraine’s desire was to join NATO, these are real security guarantees. Some partners from the US and Europe did not support this direction,” he said in answer to questions from reporters in a WhatsApp chat.

“Thus, today, bilateral security guarantees between Ukraine and the US, Article 5-like guarantees for us from the US, and security guarantees from European colleagues, as well as other countries — Canada, Japan — are an opportunity to prevent another Russian invasion,” Zelenskyy said.

“And it is already a compromise from our part,” he said, adding that the security guarantees should be legally binding. ...