The president said he believes Ukraine is not yet ready for membership in NATO amid the war with Russia, arguing the alliance needs a “rational path” for Ukraine to join.
with ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, Zelenskyy said through a translator that Ukraine’s admission to the alliance would “be an important message to say that NATO is not afraid of Russia” and that in the interim “Ukraine should get clear security guarantees while it is not in NATO.” He said he would be attending this week’s summit in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania.
“We are now a country that is respected. A country that is really fighting for human values, for human rights, for freedom, for democracy,” Zelenskyy said. “I assume that Ukraine will be a valued NATO countries’ partner with actually the strongest armed forces in Europe.” into the alliance and any objections by Turkey — a NATO member who has held up Sweden’s pending application over their view Sweden is sympathetic to dissidents Turkey considers terrorists — would be resolved.
“Sweden has the same value set that we have in NATO. It’s a small nation but has the capacity to defend itself, as they know how to fight there and I think they should be a member of NATO,” Biden said, adding the U.S. was going to provide military aid to Turkey in a bid to “allow Sweden to come in.” And he said it was “a very difficult decision” to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, bombs that deploy dozens of smaller explosives over large areas, as described by More than 120 countries have signed onto a treaty banning their use over concerns over civilian casualties and unexploded munitions that could endanger people for decades, according to the activist group
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