Ukraine will not receive an official invitation to join NATO at the Alliance summit to be held in Vilnius (Lithuania) on July 11-12 this year. The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources in the official circles of the Alliance, writes that among 31 NATO countries there is a consensus on this position..

However, there is no complete unanimity on the Ukrainian issue in the North Atlantic community.. Eastern European countries insist that, if not to invite Ukraine to NATO in Vilnius, then at least it is necessary to make clear commitments on the terms of entry. The most powerful countries of the Alliance - the United States and several countries of Western Europe - are in no hurry to agree even to this option.. They prefer to limit themselves to the expansion of technical support for the defense sector of Ukraine from NATO.

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Higher paced countries say Ukraine's NATO membership should not be tied to its ability to repel a Russian invasion. Indeed, in this case, Putin will actually receive the right to veto in this matter.. In order to prevent Ukraine from joining the Alliance, it will be enough for him simply not to stop his aggression.

Supporters of Ukraine's early entry into NATO note that only real membership in the Alliance can deter Russia from using force.. The mere promise of such membership did not stop Russia either in 2008 in Georgia, or in 2014 and 2022 in Ukraine.

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The United States and its most powerful allies in Western Europe are wary of admitting Ukraine into NATO while it is at war with Russia. After all, in this case, the NATO article on mutual defense should automatically work.. And this will plunge the Alliance into a powerful conflict with the largest nuclear state.

It also rests on the fact that rapid steps towards Ukraine's accession to NATO may lead to an escalation of Russian aggression in Ukraine..

The head of Ukraine's mission to NATO, Natalia Galibarenko, said that the Vilnius summit would not be historic without a decision on Ukraine's future in the Alliance.

Earlier it was reported that, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, there is no rational reason why our soldiers are still not in NATO..