“This is the problem of the discussion about Ukraine’s membership in NATO, it began, if you speak out in a simple way, very toxic. All the arguments are given, all the counterarguments are given, and every new round of conversation, I myself have seen this more than once … It goes to the same path. We say: take us, NATO, because-A, B. We say, we will take you, but then the representative said later,” the representative said later. Foreign Ministry
According to him, Ukrainian diplomacy is trying to remove the discussion from a dead end, creating consensus, and turning “no into yes.”
“We are trying to bring this out of a conversation to a wider channel, from Ukraine. [Спрашиваем у членов НАТО] – And how are you going to guarantee the safety of Europe? Your people, your families? Let's look at the map of Europe and calculate where there are warehouses, with what ammunition, where there are defense production, how many teams ready for battle with combat experience, we will calculate the defense ability. And if we pose this question so much, then it becomes absolutely clear that without Ukraine it is impossible, because there are 110 brigades with combat experience, a huge defense-industrial complex, ability and willingness to fight … If if we were now a member of NATO, then, relatively speaking, … Ukrainian brigades could be in the Baltic countries instead of American brigades, ”the Tikhiy noted.
Context
Ukraine intensified cooperation with NATO after the occupation of Crimea and the beginning of Russian aggression in the Donbass in 2014. The Constitution of Ukraine enshrines the course on gaining full membership in the alliance. A year after the start of a full -scale Russian invasion, in July 2023, NATO members They simplified the path for Ukraine to enter the block, but Kyiv was not provided with an official invitation.
The declaration of the NATO summit, held on July 9–11, 2024 in Washington, states that “The future of Ukraine is in NATO.” Separately during the summit NATO agreed Create a NATO Assistance and Training Service for Ukraine (NSATU) in order to better coordinate the provision of military equipment and training for Ukraine.
October 24, 2024 then German Chancellor Olaf Sholts He opposed Ukraine’s entry into the alliance, emphasizing that “a country that is at war cannot become a member of NATO.”
April 5, 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that The path of Ukraine to NATO is irreversible.
