On the day of the gathering of NATO abroad Ministers in Brussels, the Ukrainian MFA published an authoritative position on possible safety guarantees as a deterrent to Russian aggression. In a long statement, the key part is the political declaration which sets out what guarantees could be acceptable to Ukraine. At the same time, the paper stresses that Ukraine rejects any alternate solution to full NATO membership.
With the bitter experience of the Budapest Memorandum behind us, we will not accept any alternatives or substitutes for Ukraine's full membership of NATO – declared the Ukrainian Ministry of abroad Affairs.
President Volodymyr Zelenski besides proposed to end the war in exchange for Ukraine's membership of NATO, with the occupied territories not having to be immediately covered by this process. In the context of a possible call to NATO on 1 December, Zelenski added that the rule of collective defence from Article 5 of the Alliance could not apply to Ukrainian territories, where war is inactive ongoing, at the time of Ukraine's accession to NATO.
Impossible scenario
Most likely, however, that Ukrainian appeals will not be heard. According to Reuters' findings, NATO countries will most likely ignore Ukraine's request to join the alliance at the upcoming gathering of NATO abroad Ministers.
It takes weeks and months to scope consensus – said an anonymous informant in a conversation with Reuters. – I don't think it'll happen tomorrow, I'd be very surprised..
Defence alternatives
It seems now that Ukraine can number only on financial and military support.
We'll all gotta do more. The stronger our military support for Ukraine, the stronger its position at the negotiating table “Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary-General, said at a press conference in Brussels.
Rutte stated that Putin treats Ukraine as a ground for investigating fresh missiles. He besides recalled that Russia is sending soldiers from North Korea to the front.
The ideas about atomic deterrence for Ukraine are besides coming back. Although they have already been rejected by the US, they are inactive circulating in the debate. Bruno Tertrais, a French global safety expert, in an interview with the paper La Vanguardia stated that British and French atomic deterrence could be adequate in the face of a threat from Russia.
