NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly floated a five-year, €100 billion package that allies are set to discuss in Brussels. Ahead of the meeting, he said Ukraine’s NATO membership was a question of “when, not if.”
Then fucking when??
Probably not in the middle of the war with Russia. Once that is resolved they will be able to join.
this will never be resolved. Russia has already shifted its economy to war, they are not gonna leave or surrender it’s all or nothing for them…
So this means sadly no NATO membership for Ukraine as I don’t see how we get the Russians of of this country without boots on the ground.
No country can run on a war economy forever, eventually it starts to harm the living standards of the population, and Ukrainians can endure a lot more of that than middle and upper class Moscovites. As long as we supply the weapons, Ukraine can outlast Russia.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges.”
That call was backed by the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who said upon arrival at the meeting that it was “vital that Britain and [NATO] get the weapons and support Ukraine needs” by committing “two percent” of GDP.
The push for more aid comes amid mounting concern that support for Ukraine’s defensive efforts against Russia’s invasion is stalling and warnings from Kyiv that ammunition stockpiles are running low.
German news agency DPA cited NATO diplomats as saying they aim to make support for Ukraine less dependent on political developments in individual member states and to shift the burden of responsibility among the alliance.
The NATO proposals aim to make the procurement and provision of aid to Ukraine less dependent on the US-led UDCG, especially given the possible reelection of former US President Donald Trump.
“If NATO could take over responsibility for support for Ukraine, it could be protected from any domestic issues in any member state — and of course that refers to the major aid package currently being stalled in the US Congress,” explained DW’s Alexandra von Nahmen, reporting from the summit.
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When is a long time away. There’s conditions for joining and NATO can’t break its.owm charter on this, lest they’re not really NATO anymore.
I can live with NATO2
NATWO
While there are conditions, you seem to imply that not having a border dispute is one of them, but that’s actually not true, other countries with border disputes did join NATO in the past (see Greece and Turkey for example). It ultimately comes down to votes.
Greece and Turkey’s were primarily with each other though, and they were admitted together such that it became a dispute within NATO rather than between a NATO and non-NATO state
Actually it is an “if”
If Ukraine doesn’t lose.
