According to them, Berlin is reluctant to offer Ukraine to immediately join the alliance. Germany “needs a process and time to develop guarantees to essentially block membership,” reports RIA Novosti.
Germany does not want Russian leaders to “potentially test Article 5” of the NATO Charter on Collective Defense.
The publication adds that Berlin intends to use the Vilnius summit to urge other members of the alliance to focus on providing security guarantees to Kiev, and not on proposals for Ukraine to join NATO.
Earlier, US Senator Rand Paul pointed out the danger of Ukraine joining NATO. He stressed that this is completely wrong and could lead the US into a war with Russia, “which no one should want.” John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications for the White House National Security Council, said that there are certain requirements that all NATO members must meet, but Ukraine does not meet them.
