He believes that corresponding pledges from the North Atlantic Alliance could play an important role for Ukraine and the morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as they would show that “NATO is with them.” According to Duda, kyiv understands the impossibility of joining NATO now and expects a partnership in the form of “certain kinds of security guarantees,” TASS reports.
The FT notes that NATO’s security guarantees for Ukraine may appear to be a legally binding obligation for the US, Britain and France to provide military assistance to Kiev in the event of a possible aggression against the republic.
Meanwhile, Hol Brands, a member of the US State Department’s Council on Foreign Policy, said Ukraine should not count on NATO membership as this is unlikely. He explained that the alliance does not accept states that have territorial disputes with other countries.
