Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba in a phone call with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock stressed the importance of taking a decisive step toward Ukraine's membership in NATO.
The meeting of NATO ministers of defense on June 15 will start with a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, during which Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and NATO allies will address developments on the ground and discuss a multi-year package of support for Ukraine.
At the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, members of the military alliance will provide Ukraine with a "robust package" of support, which will send a signal to Putin that international unity remains strong and he will not succeed in achieving his goals.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly at a meeting in Kyiv discussed military support for Ukraine and the country's integration into NATO.
The Ukrainian authorities want to hear about concrete steps that both sides — NATO and Ukraine — must take to achieve membership of the Alliance in the shortest period of time.
During their visit to Lithuania, representatives of NATO parliaments expressed the opinion that their countries should increase defense spending and accept Ukraine into the Alliance.
Ukraine is not going to involve any NATO member country in the war unleashed by Russia, so there will be no membership in the Alliance while this war continues.
The heads of the foreign affairs committees of the parliaments of the NATO member countries have adopted a statement on support for Ukraine's membership in NATO.
In Moldova, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis the need to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, bring the aggressor to justice and support Ukraine on its way to the EU and NATO.
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.