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Richard Blumenthal: “NATO membership [for Ukraine] be barred, Ukraine's military…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT Mirror Presents: "In The Room: A Conversation with US Senator Richard Blumenthal"

Published | Video Starts at 49:08

… last 24 hours, it seems to have shifted quite a bit and potentially gotten support from Ukraine. This 28 point plan was a total anathema. What it required was that NATO membership [for Ukraine] be barred, Ukraine's military be decimated, foreign military presence in Ukraine be banned. It was a dream proposal for Putin. You know, there's a lot of speculation that Putin actually wrote it and gave it to Steve Witkoff, the President's envoy for everything, … (49:08–49:22)

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