President Zelensky Declares Ukraine Not Joining NATO

President Zelensky Declares Ukraine Not Joining NATO

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine should accept that it will not become a member of NATO.

“Ukraine is not a member of NATO. We understand that. We have heard for years that the doors were open, but we also heard that we could not join. It’s a truth and it must be recognized,” Zelensky says during a call with the country’s military leaders.

Russia used the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO, a US-led military alliance, as a justification for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

On 24 February 2022, Russia began a military invasion of Ukraine, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that had begun in 2014. It is the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.

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The invasion has caused the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II with over three millions of people displaced.