Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 'it's unprecedented and absurd when a time frame is set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership.'
"Ukraine's future is in NATO," leaders said in, adding that the alliance will support Ukraine in making reforms on its path toward membership.
"We reaffirmed Ukraine will become a member of NATO and agreed to remove the requirement for a membership action plan," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday, referring to a key step in joining the alliance.NATO membership would afford Ukraine protection against Russia, a giant neighbor that annexed its Crimean Peninsula almost a decade ago and more recently seized vast swaths of land in the east and south.
Asked about Zelenskyy's concerns, Stoltenberg said the most important thing now is to ensure that his country wins the war, because"unless Ukraine prevails there is no membership to be discussed at all."
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