Nato members are racing to complete a plan to provide long-term support to Ukraine, but are wrestling with how best to assure the country's security until it can join the military alliance, according to US and European officials. With four weeks to go until a Nato summit in Vilnius that is expected to approve the plan, there is agreement that...
Nato members are racing to complete a plan to provide long-term support to Ukraine, but are wrestling with how best to assure the country's security until it can join the military alliance, according to US and European officials.
The allies have yet to resolve differences over how to address Ukraine's desire for membership, which has been governed by a vague 2008 declaration that it will join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation without setting out how or when. Asked on June 2 about Ukraine's aspirations to join Nato, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it "would be a potential problem for many, many years".
"Nobody wants to take a risk of disunity being displayed openly," said a senior Eastern European diplomat. Stoltenberg said these would include arrangements between Ukraine and a number of Nato allies. The precise nature of those arrangements is the subject of intense discussion. "What you will see as Vilnius approaches are increased discussions about what that mechanism could look like with the support of many of our allies and partners," a US National Security Council spokesperson said.Diplomats and officials said options under discussion include continued supplies of advanced weapons, ammunition and equipment, which has already amounted to tens of billions of dollars.
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