In the final declaration of support for Ukraine after the recent NATO summit, the G7 countries declared: “We affirm that the security of Ukraine is integral to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region.” At the summit, there were two alternatives to guarantee Ukraine’s security: 1) include it right away in NATO, bypassing the Membership Action Plan so that Article 5 would be invoked in case of a future foreign invasion. 2) promise that Ukraine will one day be in NATO with no definitive timeline. The second one prevailed, with affirmations such as this by President Biden; “One thing Zelenskyy understands now is that whether or not he’s in NATO now, it’s not relevant as long as he has commitments.”  More

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