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The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kharkiv

Nato official apologises over suggestion Ukraine could give up land for membership

Ukrainian flags on statues in Balakiya, Ukraine, which was under Russian occupation.
Ukraine has consistently called for a restoration of its internationally recognised pre-2014 borders. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

A senior Nato official has apologised and clarified his comments a day after he said publicly that Ukraine could give up territory to Russia in exchange for Nato membership and an end to the war.

Stian Jenssen, the chief of staff to the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, told a Norwegian newspaper that he should not have spoken as simplistically as he did, after his initial comments prompted an angry reaction from Kyiv.

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