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Ukraine-NATO ties gradually strengthened during the 1990s and 2000s, and Ukraine aimed to eventually join the alliance. Although co-operating with NATO, Ukraine remained a neutral country. After it was attacked by Russia in 2014, Ukraine has increasingly sought NATO membership. [2]
If Ukraine was a NATO member, on the other hand, the treaty’s collective defense clause, known as Article 5, would require other members to fight on Ukraine’s behalf.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Munich Security Conference, if Ukraine can't join NATO, it would need to double its army to 1.5 million to fend off Russia's invasion.
Ukraine wants to join Nato, arguing that the western military alliance - in which members pledge to defend one another if attacked - is the best way to ensure its security.
The Ukraine Compact was built on an earlier a set of recommendations by former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen called the Kyiv Security Compact. [7]The Kyiv Security Compact called for a new European security architecture that would guarantee Ukraine's security until the country would be able to join NATO.
NATO members agreed at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of NATO in the future". [ 17 ] Bosnia and Herzegovina was invited by NATO to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in April 2010.
Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO recently stated that the Ukrainian government would like a formal invitation to join the alliance before President Biden leaves office in January. But admitting ...
The position of Russian leaders on Ukraine-NATO relations has changed over time. In 2002, Russia's president Vladimir Putin declared no objections to Ukraine's growing relations with NATO, saying it was a matter for Ukraine and NATO. [170] From 2008, Russia began stating its opposition to Ukraine's membership.