Biden's administration deems Ukraine's accession to NATO unlikely during the war

Ukraine's NATO membership in the near future is unlikely, as stated by John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House.

Source: John Kirby in an interview for CNN cited by European Pravda

Quote: "We believe that NATO is in Ukraine's future. I mean, that's something that the alliance agreed way back in 2008.

Now there's some reforms — good governance, rule of law, political reforms — that Ukraine needs to work on, and we understand it's hard to work on some of those reforms when you are at war. 

Of course, they [Ukrainians – ed.] are at war right now. So, NATO membership in the immediate future isn't likely because that would put NATO at war with Russia."

Details: Kirby recognized the disappointment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, who on 10 July harshly criticised the discussions about Ukraine's potential path towards NATO, having written: "Uncertainty is weakness".

"Yes, there are frustrations, there are desires to end this war quickly, all of that we understand. Of course, we share many of those concerns," Kibry stated.

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