UKRAINE REQUESTS NATO MEMBERSHIP – NATO has said Kyiv cannot join while at war
Ukraine requests for a NATO membership invitation before President Joe Biden leaves the White House.
“Kyiv’s ambassador to NATO, Nataliia Galibarenko, says giving Ukraine a membership invitation during this time is a political signal
Galibarenko said in an interview at the Ukrainian mission to NATO, that it can be part of the legacy of the current American administration, further stating that an invitation would remove a major bone of contention between Kyiv and Moscow.
Being in NATO would make Ukraine part of the U.S.-led military alliance’s mutual defence pact, which means an attack on one member is considered an attack on all, although the accession process can take years of adapting to NATO standards.
NATO has said Kyiv cannot join while at war and declined to put a timeline on membership. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made clear in recent weeks that he sees an early NATO invitation as part of his “victory plan”.
