According to the local newspaper New Voice (NV), citing Ukrainian adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukraine will join NATO only after the war as a reunited and fully liberated country.
In an interview with the Ukrainian state television channel UATV, Podolyak rejected any proposal to cede the territory of the Russian-occupied territories and allow parts of the territories controlled by Kiev to join the NATO alliance.
"All these proposed theoretical models are divorced from reality," he stressed. ”
"Today, we don't have a concrete proposal – let's say, joining NATO in a year or two in the foreseeable future," Podolyak said. There is a proposal to join NATO after winning the war with Russia. But during the war, no one will give you such a proposal. It's obvious."
NV quoted him as saying that Kyiv currently has "certain agreements" with NATO, a "military package", and advisory assistance provided by NATO. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to be "in sync" with NATO standards.
Podolyak went on to say that "NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has made it very clear that Ukraine will become an integral part of NATO, but only if Ukraine ends this war fairly." Therefore, Ukraine should have all the means at its disposal, including the help of NATO, to effectively defend the territory and lift the occupation of it. ”
The British newspaper The Guardian said on November 11** that former NATO Secretary General Anos Fogh Rasmussen believes that Ukraine can join NATO, but the "right of collective self-defense" will not extend to the Russian-occupied zone. This would mean that Ukraine could declare Article 5 in response to an attack on the territory it currently controls, rather than the "new territory" declared by Russia.
Rasmussen said that the possibility of Ukraine's accession to NATO will be discussed at a NATO summit in Washington in 2024, commenting that NATO should invite Ukraine to become a full member even if the conflict continues.
On December 19, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky** called any talk of partial NATO membership "nonsense" and said that "Kyiv has not yet received an invitation to join NATO" and that "the option of partial membership has never been discussed with any partner." ”
Wen Liang Ishikawa.