By launching an invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin destroyed any arguments against Ukraine's entry into NATO..

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this during a discussion at the Atlantic Council..

“If the reservation was that we did not want to provoke Russian aggression, then it is already obvious that it was absurd. Russian aggression occurred precisely because we did not accept Ukraine into NATO. The fact that Ukraine was not a member of NATO was the reason why the biggest war in 80 years broke out in Europe,” Johnson said..

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He is convinced that after the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine should immediately begin the process of gaining membership in NATO and the EU..

During his opening remarks at the Atlantic Council, Johnson also urged Western allies to stop thinking about what may or may not provoke Putin or what will happen to his regime if Ukraine wins.. According to the ex-premier of Britain, it is better to focus on the Ukrainians and what they need to win.

How realistic are the prospects for Ukraine's accession to NATO Everything will depend on three things. Read more in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko for ZN. UA by link.