I spoke to a few well-placed European officials who said that the US is still considering a future status of Ukraine as a neutral, non-NATO country, writes Rikard Jozwiak, the journalist of Radio Liberty, in his article named “What Ukraine Got and Didn’t Get at the NATO Summit”.

“Hanging over all of this discussion and diplomacy have been reports about U.S. back-channel negotiations with Russian officials on some sort of settlement of the war.

If such talks did take place, the Biden administration has said they were not sanctioned or supported by the White House. I spoke to a few well-placed European officials who said that the United States is still considering a future status of Ukraine as a neutral, non-NATO country to be a useful bargaining chip with the Kremlin in future talks”, - writes Rikard Jozwiak.