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Head of Ukraine's mission to NATO Natalia Halibarenko claims that at the headquarters of NATO there are no discussions, either official or unofficial, about granting Ukraine membership in NATO in exchange for the surrender of temporarily occupied territories of Russia.
Ukraine is not going to sign a peace agreement similar to the one signed by Finland after the Winter War, which involved territorial concessions, Spanish news outlet El Diario quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as saying on Aug. 21.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated that Ukraine alone will decide when favorable conditions for peace talks have arisen after his subordinate, Stian Jenssen, had to retract a previous comment that Ukraine might have to swap territory for peace with Russia.