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This is a vital moment for the alliance to make sure we’re level set for the year ahead,
We wish you the best after January, but we need you until 20 January, every day, and we know we can count on you … You have been a staunch ally and people like you very much.”
The Nato head, Mark Rutte, told Blinken Ukrainian military instructors from the GUR are present … training HTS fighters for combat operations,
including against Russian troops in Syria ... Nebenzia alleged But this is evident from the statements of their politicians,
I urge you to approve the decision to invite Ukraine to join the Alliance as one of the outcomes of the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting on 3-4 December 2024,
On 28 November, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on his NATO counterparts to invite Ukraine to join the Alliance ... the statement said Where there is a will, there is a way to find a solution. But you need a line which defines where Article 5 is invoked, and Ukraine has to control all the territory until that border,
Stoltenberg told the Financial Times newspaper We will defend every inch of Ukraine."
Since Russia's February 2022 invasion outgoing US President Joe Biden has repeatedly vowed We are convinced that the only real guarantee of security for Ukraine, as well as a deterrent to further Russian aggression against Ukraine and other states, is Ukraine's full membership in NATO,
the foreign ministry in Kiev said In many countries, there is very serious thinking on various possible scenarios and how we can contribute to security guarantees,
Such a potential decision is unacceptable to us,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said I would now argue that Ukraine doesn't need more ideas on what a peace process could look like,
But we have no illusions — there are some sceptical countries,
So we need to continue our steadfast support,
And that is what we will very much focus on the next two days, how to get more military aid into Ukraine, more missile defence into Ukraine, better coordination of everything we are doing,
With the bitter experience of the Budapest Memorandum behind us, we will not accept any alternatives, surrogates or substitutes for Ukraine's full membership in NATO,
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Tuesday morning During the Washington summit [held in July 2024], we agreed on the irreversible path towards NATO,
Inviting Ukraine to join NATO now will become an effective counter to Russian blackmail and will deprive the Kremlin of its illusions about the possibility of hindering Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration. It is also the only chance to stop the erosion of key principles of nuclear non-proliferation and restore confidence in nuclear disarmament,
We cannot have a situation where we have [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving because we came to a deal which is not good for Ukraine, because long-term that will be a dire security threat not only to Europe but also to the US.”
There’s no question it’s right we support Ukraine. But we must also be clear that it is deeply in our self-interest. I would encourage everyone here to stop and think for a moment about what it would mean to us, to our continent, to the world, if Russia wins. What would it mean for our values – for democracy, commerce, and liberty?”
In a speech on foreign affairs the prime minister said We will all need to do more. The stronger our military support to Ukraine is now, the stronger their hand will be at the negotiating table,
