NATO allies ‘agreed Ukraine membership’ | World News

Jens Stoltenberg has repeatedly promised that Ukraine will join NATO throughout the war. Meanwhile, the Kremlin insists that preventing that is one of its goals in waging war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said all NATO allies agreed for Ukraine to join.

He also told reporters ahead of a Ukrainian defense liaison group meeting at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany that Kiev must have “a deterrent against new attacks” once the war in Ukraine is over.

He said the main focus now was to secure the country’s victory over Russia.

It’s after Mr. Stoltenberg yesterday Pledge to continue supporting the country It was his first visit to Kiev since the Russian invasion more than a year ago.

“Let me be clear about Ukraine’s legitimate place in the Euro-Atlantic family,” he told a news conference.

“Ukraine’s legal place is in NATO.”

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Ukraine was prevented from joining the NATO Still one of the targets of what Moscow called a “special military operation”.

Ukraine’s accession would pose “a serious, significant threat to our country and our national security,” he said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this year that he was pleased to receive an invitation to join the coalition, but said his country needed a roadmap to membership.

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in May, Finland joins the Unionshelving years of military non-alignment in order to seek protection under the group’s security umbrella following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The country’s accession dealt a major political blow to the Russian president vladimir putin Because it doubles NATO’s border with the country.

Neighboring Sweden is also expected to join, but Turkey has so far blocked its ratification due to “Security Question”.

The NATO allies, which have trained tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, have provided just €65bn (£57bn) in military aid.

On Friday, the Canadian government announced a further $28.9m (£23.3m) in military aid, including 40 sniper rifles, 16 radios and a contribution to a NATO fund to help Kiev fight.

A day earlier, both Denmark and the Netherlands said they planned to supply Ukraine with at least 14 refurbished Leopard 2 main battle tanks by early 2024 — The tank that the country begged the West to buyin order to provide its forces with the firepower needed to retake the occupied territories.