American officials noted that the next US administration may decide to allow Ukraine to be membership in NATO. They understand that Ukraine will not agree to any restrictions that would make its future Block membership impossible.
According to the article, the White House also took the side of Kyiv on the issue of the Ukrainian army, although the Kremlin demanded that “the largest and most tempered in the battles of Europe” strictly limited by number and capabilities. Journalists write that representatives of the Trump administration assured Ukrainians, that they will not support such restrictions.
Despite the fact that this week Trump and US Vice-President Jay Di Wence expressed their readiness to recognize the Russian occupation of Crimea, the Americans repeatedly assured the Ukrainians that they would not demand from Kyiv to do the same and also do not expect Europeans to follow the American example.
NYT believes that the real prospects of the world are far away, and it is not possible to achieve a ceasefire in the war of the Russian aggressor country against Ukraine.
Context
On September 30, 2022, after the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the occupied territory of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian state Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine submits an application to NATO under an accelerated procedure.
In July 2023, NATO members simplified the path for Ukraine entering the block, but they did not provide an official invitation to the Alliance of Kyiv. The final declaration of the NATO summit, held on July 9–11, 2024 in Washington, states that “the future of Ukraine is in NATO.”
January 21, 2025 Zelensky said that Trump has a decisive influence on the prospect of Ukraine’s invitation to NATO. He repeated that he was still against the United States, Germany, Slovakia and Hungary. But the last three – under the influence of Washington.
On February 12, the head of the Pentagon Pit Hegset said that the liberation of all Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia is a “unrealistic goal”, as well as joining NATO. Trump agreed with him. After that, the American leader and his administration repeatedly repeated that Ukraine would not join NATO.
On April 5, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that the path of Ukraine to NATO is irreversible.
The press secretary of the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that the words of the Trump administration about the impossibility of the idea of Ukraine joining NATO are “causing pleasure” in the Russian Federation.
On April 20, The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed Western officials, wrote that Trump expects a response from Kyiv to the recognition of Crimea Russian and refusal to join NATO.
