![]() He was accompanied by five top commanders from the Azov regiment who were supposed to have remained in Turkiye until the end of the conflict under a prisoner exchange deal with Moscow. Zelensky returned from Turkiye on Saturday - the 500th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion - after a regional tour to drum up support ahead of the summit with Western allies, who have pledged billions in military aid. “I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war,” he added.īringing Ukraine in now, Biden said, would mean “war with Russia” because of the NATO commitment to collective defense. Speaking to CNN, he said there were also “other qualifications that need to be met, including democratization.” ![]() US President Joe Biden, who arrived on Sunday in Britain on his way to the NATO summit, said he hoped the military alliance leaders would “lay out a rational path for Ukraine to be able to qualify to be able to get into NATO.” Zelensky has said he does not expect Ukraine to actually join NATO until after the war but he hopes the summit will give a “clear signal” on the intention to bring Ukraine into the alliance. Poland is one of Ukraine’s biggest supporters within NATO and has said it wants “security guarantees” for the country from other NATO members. KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced hope for the “best possible result” from an upcoming NATO summit where Kyiv is hoping for a clear signal that it could one day join the alliance.Īfter meeting his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Zelensky said the two discussed the summit, which opens on Tuesday in Vilnius, and agreed to “work together to get the best possible result for Ukraine.”
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