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The Senate of the Czech Republic has adopted a resolution on supporting Ukraine’s accession to NATO under the fast-track procedure.

NATO member countries will not allow Russia to decide when Ukraine can join the Western alliance.

Ukraine needs security guarantees on its path to NATO membership, because the main guarantee for the country is membership in the military alliance.

At its upcoming summit in Vilnius, NATO must make a political decision to offer Ukraine membership in the military alliance and begin accession negotiations.

Partner countries, which Ukraine wants to see as guarantors of its security on the way to NATO membership, support the provision of such guarantees, and the form of their consolidation is currently being discussed.

Vice-President of the European People's Party group in the European Parliament Rasa Juknevičienė has called for paving the way for Ukraine's invitation to join NATO and its full membership at the summits in Vilnius and Washington.

President Volodymyr Zelensky considers that there are currently no rational reasons for denying Ukraine's NATO membership and insists on adopting the Alliance's accession algorithm.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva have discussed the issue of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO.

President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that as long as the war unleashed by Russia continues, Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, but is waiting for an invitation to join the Alliance and security guarantees.

The Baltic Platform project, featured in the investigation of Germany’s WDR, NDR, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, is just one of the many instruments of Russian intelligence operations aimed at achieving the strategic goal of weakening NATO, including in the Baltic region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine discussed with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the program of long-term defense cooperation and increased pressure on Russia, as well as coordinated positions ahead of the upcoming NATO summit and other international events.

Czech President Petr Pavel has said he believes that the approval of security guarantees for Ukraine during the NATO summit in Vilnius in July is possible.

Following diplomatic meetings in Odesa yesterday, April 28, two more countries decided to support Ukraine's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The Ukrainian authorities are doing everything to ensure that Ukraine's application for NATO membership is considered at the summit in Vilnius.

To acquire membership in NATO, Ukraine should first hold a direct discussion with the military alliance, but the focus of the United States and its allies right now is to make sure that the Ukrainian Armed Forces can repel Russian aggression.

Ukraine does not need Russia’s permission to become a NATO member, and its membership will only strengthen the Alliance and prevent Russian aggression in Europe in the future.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas signed a joint declaration on support for the Ukrainian Peace Formula, creation of a tribunal to prosecute Russia, support for Ukraine's EU and NATO membership, as well as coordination of actions for security guarantees before membership in the Alliance.

The Center for Defense Reforms published a report on the participation of retired officers from the armies and intelligence agencies of NATO member states in Russian active measures aimed at weakening Western nations, destroying relations between NATO and EU, and isolating individual members of the respective alliances, justifying Russian aggression, and undermining military-technical assistance to Ukraine.

Ukraine will join NATO only within internationally recognized borders.

At the sidelines of the 11th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and expressed hope for speeding up political decisions regarding Ukraine’s integration into NATO.