NATO Agrees to Pull Ukraine Closer, but Offers No Membership Timeline
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NATO declined to offer Ukraine a clear path to membership, disappointing Kyiv, which regards the alliance as crucial to deterring Russian aggression.
More than 15 years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization first offered Ukraine a promise of membership, members resisted pressure from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his boosters in the alliance to say when and how the country would join. NATO instead offered a package of financial and political support that alliance officials said would boost Kyiv’s membership bid.
The U.S., Germany and some other NATO members have balked at giving Kyiv a timeline or checklist for joining. President Biden has said that Ukraine isn’t ready for membership and voiced concern that offering specifics on a pathway risked elevating conflict with Russia, potentially even sparking a new world war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called NATO an aggressor and blamed it for causing the war.
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