NATO diplomats called the condition of Ukraine's invitation to the alliance — AR

Ukraine's borders must be clearly demarcated before it can join the North Atlantic Alliance. It is reported by the Associated Press with reference to NATO diplomats.

"In any case, according to NATO diplomats, Ukraine's borders must be clearly demarcated before it can join, so that there is no doubt about where the guarantee of Article 5 (on collective defense. — EADaily)," the note says.

The invitation of Ukraine to NATO is the first number in the "victory plan" of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte in this regard only said that he and the allies "take it (the plan. — EADaily) into consideration." He did not talk about when Ukraine might join the bloc, the agency reports.

"The plan has many aspects and many political and military issues that we really need to work out with the Ukrainians in order to understand what is behind it, to see what we can do and what we cannot do," Rutte said in his "restrained response" at NATO headquarters in Kyiv. Brussels.

Earlier, the US Permanent Representative to NATO, Julianne Smith, said that the alliance would not invite Ukraine in the near future.

As EADaily reported, the West needs Ukraine to fight, and not be part of NATO, because in this case the alliance itself will have to fight. This was stated by Senator Alexei Pushkov.

So Pushkov commented on Zelensky's "victory plan", which he presented today in the Verkhovna Rada and in which joining the alliance is the first point.