Ukraine is not going to be able to be part of Nato all through Russia battle, admits President Zelenskyy

By India Today World Desk: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should not be optimistic in regards to the nation’s prospects of changing into a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) amid battle with Russia.

During an sort out after a gathering with Dutch and Belgian Prime Ministers Mark Rutte and Alexander De Croo, he talked about, “We are realistic, we know we will not be in Nato during the war.”

“But we want a very clear message that we will be in Nato after the war,” Zelenskyy talked about.

Zelenskyy was on a shock go to to the Netherlands a day after meeting Nordic leaders in Finland to drum up assist ahead of Ukraine’s awaited spring offensive in opposition to Russia.

His Nato admission comes at a time when Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by the use of a drone strike at his Kremlin residence. However, there is no public proof that the drones belonged to Ukraine. Putin was unhurt as he was not throughout the Kremlin establishing when the drones had been shot down by Russia.

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Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and since then Zelenskyy has been attempting to drum up assist for Ukraine’s inclusion in Nato.

Article 5 of the Nato structure binds Nato member-countries to commit them “to protecting each other and setting a spirit of solidarity within the alliance”.

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This means if a member-country is attacked by a non-member nation, all members will give it some thought an assault on the individual worldwide places, and reply militarily. But Article 5 does not apply to a non-member nation, comparable to Ukraine. So, Ukraine needs to be part of the military alliance.

(With AFP inputs)