Ukraine can join NATO before the end of the war - American diplomat (video)

The US Department of State Department of Ukraine Kurt Volker noted that Germany had joined NATO at one time, being a separated country, and its eastern part was under the occupation of the USSR. Former US State Department Special Representative Kurt Volker suggested that Ukraine could join the North Atlantic Alliance before the war with the Russian Federation. The diplomat said this during a briefing in Odessa on May 17.

"As to whether Ukraine can join NATO before the end of the war, it is worth looking at Germany, which joined NATO, being a separated country when the eastern part of Germany was under the occupation of the USSR," Volker said. The diplomat also noted that it is impossible to say when and how the Russian-Ukrainian war will end. He suggested that the situation could be the example of Korea when the country was divided into two parts and is still in a state of conflict.

"If Ukraine's accession to NATO takes place before the end of the war, perhaps the fifth article will be applied only to those territories that will be controlled by Kiev by the time of accession, but we must send a clear signal to both Putin and all allies," - summed up the American diplomat . As part of a briefing in Odessa, Kurt Volker also reported that the United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $ 60 billion.

According to him, assistance can be officially approved in September. It is planned to agree on the supply of new weapons before the US presidential election. Recall that on May 17, the former Secretary of State and Advisor to the US President Henry Kisinger believes that the decision of European politicians to leave open the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO was false.