Ukraine will not be invited to NATO again at the next summit due to fear of war with Russia - NYT
In particular, the United States and Germany oppose Kyiv's accession to the military alliance
NATO leaders will decline to invite Ukraine to join the alliance at the July summit marking the 75th anniversary of the military alliance, informed sources told The New York Times.
According to the sources, NATO fears that through a collective security agreement, Ukraine could drag the alliance "into the largest land war in Europe since 1945."
In particular, the United States and Germany oppose Kyiv's accession to the military bloc.
Instead of an invitation, Western countries want to make it "clear" to Ukraine what conditions it must fulfil in order to start negotiations on joining the alliance.
At the same time, due to the war with Russia, "none of these things will matter before July," NYT sources emphasise. Moreover, as the newspaper notes, the prospect of Ukraine's defeat in the conflict is becoming more and more real.
"The situation on the ground may look much worse than it does today, and then the real question will be: "How can we be sure that Russia won't win?" says Ivo Dalder, former US ambassador to NATO.
According to him, the last two months "have not been good" for Ukraine, but the situation will not improve in the near future. This could change the whole nature of the debate. We may all think that the NATO summit will be held the way it is today, but it is not," said Dalder.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the "form and content" of the next step towards Ukraine's membership in NATO "should be decided by the allies themselves".
"We are looking forward to the result, but of course we believe that Ukraine deserves to be a member of NATO and that this should happen as soon as possible," Kuleba said.
Kyiv has applied to join NATO in autumn 2022. The Baltic states and Poland supported this step. The alliance's leadership noted that the accession of a new member must be unanimously approved by all member states, but the United States and Germany do not support this decision.
Background. A reminder of the results of the NATO summit in Brussels: the countries are providing Kyiv with a new aid package, but no decision has been made to allocate €100bn.
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