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All of this is basically building that bridge to NATO membership in the future,
The fact is that Ukraine, which is a non-NATO country, is going to be vulnerable to military domination by Russia no matter what we do."
In 2016, in an interview with The Atlantic, Obama said Our idea is that giving Ukraine (an) invitation at this moment is a political signal,
Nataliia Galibarenko, Kyiv's ambassador to NATO, told Reuters If we will say that the invitation is there, for the Russian Federation, it would be like a final verdict—so that's it, so you cannot raise the stakes using this topic anymore,
NATO countries are not at war. People are all alive in NATO countries. And thank God. That is why we choose NATO. Not nuclear weapons."
We sincerely believe that it can be part of the legacy of (the) current American administration."
What I meant is that today there is no stronger security guarantee for us besides NATO membership,
As for feedback, I am waiting for the White House team in Ukraine. I'm waiting, and in the near future, they will give us an answer,
Our team went there with Chief of the General Staff Brahylevych and Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishyna. We worked on issues related to NATO and the invitation to NATO, as well as on the [Victory Plan] point on strengthening our army now,
In front of all EU leaders, in the presence of President Zelenskyy, I said that the philosophy of the government that I know remains in force, that we want to focus on meaningful and rational cooperation with Ukraine, the result of which should not be killing but helping people who need it,
Who gave up their nuclear weapons? All of them. Only Ukraine,
Zelensky reminded his audience At the moment, we are waiting for the results of the US election; no one is hiding it,
Nothing has changed here: we stand in solidarity with Ukraine on this issue,
the Polish prime minister said This is a potentially extremely dangerous situation for Ukraine, as the country risks turning from a ‘defender of Europe’ … into a source of … provoking a nuclear war in the eyes of the West,
Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which will serve as protection, or it must be part of some kind of alliance, ... Apart from NATO, we do not know of such an effective alliance.”
Will it be more positive? Or less positive? Honestly, I don’t know. And this is very sensitive for our people,
Ukraine’s president added I don’t know what the offer will be to us after the [US] election,
It's the basis for leveraging the sort of support that Ukraine needs now, in the remaining weeks of this year, as well as into the period ahead,
he told reporters at NATO headquarters And we will not lose that unity. You can count on that."
When Zelenskyy declared Ukraine You know Germany's position on the issues involved. This will not change."
Asked about Zelenskyy's plan as he arrived at the EU summit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said