By Jessica DiNapoli

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s offer to forgo joining the NATO military alliance probably will not significantly change the course of peace talks, two security experts said on ‍Sunday.

During negotiations with U.S. envoys over a potential Ukraine-Russia peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday offered to drop Ukraine’s NATO aspirations. Zelenskiy had said security guarantees from the United States, Europe and others instead of joining NATO was a compromise from Ukraine.

“This doesn’t move the needle at all,” said Justin Logan, ‌director of defense and foreign policy studies at the ‌Cato Institute. “It’s an effort to appear reasonable.”

NATO membership for Ukraine has not been realistic in a long time anyway, said Logan and Andrew Michta, a profess

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