US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith has said that Ukraine is unlikely to receive an invitation to join NATO at the alliance’s July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
“I think the allies now are in agreement that a proper invitation is unlikely while they’re engaged in a full-scale war,” Smith told POLITICO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that he doesn’t expect his country to formally join the alliance as its fighting a war with Russia, but he is threatening not to attend the Vilnius summit unless Ukraine is given a guarantee that it will receive membership after the war.
Ukraine was first promised it would eventually become a NATO member in 2008. At the time, then-US Ambassador to Russia William Burns, who is now President Biden’s CIA director, warned in a cable released by WikiLeaks that Ukrainian entry into NATO is the “brightest of all red lines” for Moscow.
Smith said that NATO will give some sort of pledge to show long-term support for Ukraine short of full membership. “We want to signal to President Zelenskyy — if he comes in person — we care deeply about having a longer-term relationship with Ukraine and looking for ways to acknowledge, you know, all they’ve accomplished and that our support isn’t going to fade away or that we’re not going to get distracted,” she said.
Smith said that NATO is still negotiating what level of support they will pledge for Ukraine in Vilnius. She said the alliance was closer to an agreement on the issue after NATO foreign ministers met in Oslo last week.
An idea that’s popular among NATO members is an Israel model, meaning the alliance would continue providing billions in military aid for Ukraine each year but would not provide Article V-style security guarantees.
Soooo…..
They don’t get to join and there will be security agreements.
Looks like the negotiations have begun and NATO membership, a huge sticking point for Russia, NATO membership, has been removed.
Now we get to see how much pushing they can do in the few weeks this offensive has before they’ve spent their wad and things settledown again and who has the better position for actual talks.
I hope things “settle down” ZaSu…
It will soon.
The only way the offensive lasts is if it works and Russia is pushed home.
They’ll know that in a month or two and if it does occur, the arms shipments will likely double to take advantage of Russia’s collapse.
If we do not see a huge increase then we will know it’s a bust.
i think that Russia is already home
Russia does not have to worry about Ukrainian NATO membership. At the end Ukraine, and Europe, and NATO are in shambles. There is nothing left but shambles everywhere the USA goes, it ends in chaos.
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that he doesn’t expect his country to formally join the alliance as its fighting a war with Russia, but he is threatening not to attend the Vilnius summit unless Ukraine is given a guarantee that it will receive membership after the war.”
Wow, Volod might not show up. That’ll teach them. Is he threatening NOT to take any more weaponry otherwise?
Nah, nuclear war ain’t gonna start itself, Wars. He’ll show up like a zit on a teenager’s face on prom night. Like a tick in the groin. Like a hemorrhoid in the morning. Like cancer in a beautiful woman’s breast. Like disappointment in Assad’s face at the Arab League. …Sorry, I’m tired and nauseated.
(Sarcasm alert)
A bum asked me for some cash today. I offered him a hamburger instead. He threw it on the ground. Needless to say, he won’t be getting anything from me the next time I see him.
German air force conducts massive exercise targeting Russia
“The escalation of the NATO war against Russia over Ukraine is taking on
ever more dangerous forms. Last week, former NATO Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO “ground troops” could be deployed to Ukraine. At the same time, NATO is organizing massive military
maneuvers with which the alliance “practices” for a direct intervention
in the conflict.” READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE AT: wsws.org
Do I understand this correctly the US PUSHED Ukraine to become a NATO member, encouraging them to risk war with Russia, then they do all to prevent a diplomatic end and encourage and support a counter offensive and at the same time they are told that while they are at war they can’t become NATO members.
How nice, and NATO will support them to the very end to annihilate their country. And then the US will pack up and leave and never look back while saying, we did all we could, the Ukrainians failed, they lost, not our fault.
Yes your understanding is correct.