US explains why Ukraine can’t join NATO now
A “reform path” for Kiev will be drawn up at some point, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan © AFP / Stefani Reynolds
Allowing Ukraine to join NATO at the moment would lead the US-led military bloc “into a war with Russia,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said.
A “reform path for Ukraine” to become a NATO member will be drawn up but “I can’t put a timetable on it,” Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday at the bloc’s summit in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
“Today, we’re not going to define how the war [between Ukraine and Russia ends], we’re not going to lay down the definition for that,” Sullivan stated. He added that “there have been historical circumst...










