The Ukrainian authorities will not take steps to join NATO yet because of the position of individual member countries, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with the Financial Times.

" If NATO members do not recognize the true situation with what is happening in Europe and Ukraine, then this document will become just another piece of paper, absolutely unimportant. NATO members denied us our desire to become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance. For the time being, we will refrain from any steps in this direction,"

The official also stressed that the new version of NATO is obliged to remove any mention of the need to achieve " In addition, the Alliance should include clear and unambiguous warnings from Russia regarding its aggressive intentions in the document..

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The Ukrainian authorities expect that at the summit of the Alliance they will support the need to strengthen military cooperation with Ukraine and separately adjust the priorities of the military-political bloc in the context of the largest war on the European continent since 1945.

Earlier it was reported that Oleksiy Reznikov is optimistic about the supply of modern tanks and aircraft to Ukraine. The head of the Ministry of Defense announced more deliveries of MLRS systems and missiles to them, as well as other assistance from the allies.