You keep bringing in Gorbachev!! If his comments were so important, the war would've stopped. Your country India supports Putin 10000%!!
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lol you are the one who talked about an agreement that did not exist. I am quoting the person who negotiates the entire protocol with NATO. Now whether or not is his point of view is important is another issue; if his point of view is important, Putin wouldn't be in power to begin with, because the Socialist Regime would remain unchanged and the Soviet Union would never had disintegrated in 1991.
Ukraine’s membership aspirations
- In response to Ukraine’s aspirations for NATO membership, Allies agreed at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine will become a member of NATO. They also agreed that Ukraine’s next step on its way to membership was the Membership Action Plan (MAP), NATO’s programme of political, economic, defence, resource, security and legal reforms for aspirant countries. In 2009, the Annual National Programme was introduced as Ukraine’s key instrument to advance its Euro-Atlantic integration and related reforms.
- From 2010 to 2014, Ukraine pursued a non-alignment policy, which it terminated in response to Russia’s aggression. In June 2017, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted legislation reinstating membership in NATO as a strategic foreign and security policy objective. In 2019, a corresponding amendment to Ukraine's Constitution entered into force.
- In September 2020, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved Ukraine's new National Security Strategy, which provides for the development of the distinctive partnership with NATO with the aim of membership in NATO. In September 2022, following Russia’s illegal attempted annexations of Ukrainian territory, Ukraine reiterated its request for NATO membership.
- Recognising Ukraine’s increased interoperability and substantial progress with reforms, Allies decided at the 2023 Vilnius Summit that Ukraine’s path to full Euro-Atlantic integration has moved beyond the need for the Membership Action Plan – changing Ukraine’s path to NATO from a two-step process to a one-step process.
- Allies have reaffirmed that Ukraine’s future is in NATO and that they will continue to support it on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership. To that end, Allies will continue to support Ukraine’s progress on interoperability, as well as additional democratic and security sector reforms, which NATO Foreign Ministers will continue to assess through the adapted Annual National Programme. Allied Leaders have reaffirmed that they will be in a position to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the Alliance when Allies agree and conditions are met.
16. We fully support Ukraine’s right to choose its own security arrangements and decide its own future, free from outside interference. Ukraine’s future is in NATO. Ukraine has become increasingly interoperable and politically integrated with the Alliance. We welcome the concrete progress Ukraine has made since the Vilnius Summit on its required democratic, economic, and security reforms. As Ukraine continues this vital work, we will continue to support it on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership. We reaffirm that we will be in a position to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the Alliance when Allies agree and conditions are met. The Summit decisions by NATO and the NATO-Ukraine Council, combined with Allies’ ongoing work, constitute a bridge to Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Allies will continue to support Ukraine’s progress on interoperability as well as additional democratic and security sector reforms, which NATO Foreign Ministers will continue to assess through the adapted Annual National Programme.
It says when allies agree and conditions are met nato membership is on the agenda. However there are disagreements with allies about the issue. Also nato agreement prohibits a new member that is in active conflict with another state. Ceasefire does not mean finishing of active conflict. Membership draws nato directly into active war activating article 5 with Russia unless active conflict ends.
Ukraine cannot join NATO while at war, Scholz says
Speaking to German public broadcaster ZDF on Oct. 24, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Kyiv's appeals for an immediate invitation to join NATO, stating that "a country at war absolutely cannot become a member of NATO."
Ukraine ceding territory to Russia recognizing them as Russia for nato membership is an option but Zelensky cannot do this by himself. A referandum would be necessary and Russia will not accept that ending the ceasefire.
Nato official: Ukraine could cede territory to join alliance
Ceding territory to Russia in exchange for Nato membership could be a solution to ending the war, the chief of staff for Nato’s Secretary-General has said. At a panel debate in Arendal, Norway on Tuesday Stian Jenssen argued that it was important to discuss Ukraine’s security arrangements after...
The main reason of nato membership unavailability for Ukraine is not members common approval which can become easy through time as you said.
I was a US Army Intelligence Officer working with NATO during my time in the army, specifically with respect to Link 16 and Link 3 capabilities. I think I know NATO better than you do. And thus now, you have SUPPLIED NOTHING with reference and only your word.
It's a full scale war unlike a single encounter. People lose jets. Russians have also lost an unusually high number. Nothing wrong with the Ukrainians, they fly fine.
Losing an f-16 against russia is an achievement in itself…. Specially when you have that big of a country deep strategic depth…
