Zelenskyy says Alliance itself and even Russians need Ukraine in NATO

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in Kyiv that neither side is abandoning the need for Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.

Source: Rutte and Zelenskyy, answering questions from European Pravda at a joint press conference in Kyiv

Details: Rutte stressed that the earlier decision on Ukraine's future membership remains in force. "Allies have been very clear, and this was last time reconfirmed in the NATO summit on the occasion of the 75th birthday of the Alliance, that there is this irreversible path of Ukraine into NATO," he said.

Rutte acknowledged that there is still no unanimous agreement among allies on membership, but that, in practical terms, preparations for accession are ongoing.