Foreign Policy reported that Ukraine and some countries supporting its entry into NATO such as Poland, the Baltic countries... are promoting Kiev's admission into the bloc at the summit in Washington DC (USA) next July.
Accordingly, these countries believe that granting NATO membership to Ukraine is the only way to end the current conflict in Europe, and at the same time declare that this move will be more effective and cost-saving in the long run than providing weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Photo: RT)
However, according to the article, the US and Germany, the two countries that provide the most military aid to Ukraine, do not agree with this view. US and German officials believe that now is not the right time to admit Kiev, emphasizing that the West should focus on providing weapons to Ukraine.
Officials from both countries fear that Ukraine's admission to NATO could spark a full-scale conflict between the bloc and Russia.
The standoff has been exacerbated by the stance of some European Union (EU) members, including Hungary and Slovakia, against sending weapons to Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that admitting Ukraine could draw NATO into the conflict. Slovakian President Zuzana Caputovao has also suggested that the move could spark World War III.
The Foreign Policy article said the US had urged EU members not to raise the issue at the summit.
Moscow has repeatedly warned the West against providing military aid to Ukraine, saying it would only prolong the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Kiev's push to join NATO was one of the main reasons for the current conflict.
Kong Anh (Source: russian.rt.com)
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