Ukraine to become NATO member in ‘long- term’, says Stoltenberg
Helsinki, The Gulf Observer: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance in the “long-term”, but stressed that the immediate issue is it remaining an independent nation in the face of Russia’s offensive.
“NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that is a long-term perspective,” Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to Finland’s capital Helsinki.
After Russia’s offensive began last February, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US-led military alliance to grant his country a fast-track membership.
The fierce fighting for the industrial city of Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk continues to rage, as Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 370th day.
