Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stepped up demands for Nato to make progress on his country’s bid to join the military alliance, increasing pressure on western governments as a debate over providing security guarantees to Kyiv intensifies.
Ukraine has long seen membership of the US-led military alliance as the foundation of its future defence and security, but Nato allies are divided over how and when it could take place, and whether offering Kyiv bilateral security guarantees is a possible step towards joining.
“Ukraine is ready to be in Nato. We are ready for when Nato is ready . . . We need all the unity through the alliance and we are working on it,” Zelenskyy said at the European Political Community summit in Moldova on Thursday.