[…] Stoltenberg, NATO chief from 2014 to 2024, also revealed how he had pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to consider ceding land to Russia in a bid to end the war.
He cited as an example Finland, which gave up 10% of its territory as part of a peace deal with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during World War II.
“On the first occasions I hinted at a ‘Finnish solution’ to the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy had rejected the idea of ceding any territory outright,” Stoltenberg said.
But over time, Zelensky and his advisers became “less dismissive of a temporary cession, on the condition that the new borders and Ukraine’s security would be guaranteed through Ukrainian NATO membership.” Läs artikel