Strengthen your membership offer – POLITICO

This time, Galibarenko said, kyiv is looking for language that is “a step forward from Vilnius.”

“We would also like to see the Alliance recognise that we have made substantial progress in implementing reforms,” ​​which is a prerequisite for NATO membership.

Senior officials have recently said that a “bridge” to the alliance will be offered to Ukraine at the summit. NATO will also offer Ukraine a new headquarters to manage its military assistance, they said, a gesture of good faith that shows the West will support the country in the long term, even if membership is not granted for now.

However, political uncertainty makes it difficult for the alliance to formulate a firm offer.

Trump’s team is reportedly drawing up plans to negotiate with Putin to end the war by forcing Ukraine to give up some of its territory, as well as its prospects for NATO membership.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by calling on Trump to make any such plans public.

Galibarenko said she would not panic over such reports and would judge what Trump does, not what he says, if he is re-elected.

“We know that sometimes during the election campaign, political leaders say certain things, and then after they are elected, they do something else,” she said. “The idea of ​​ending the war in three days, I think it’s very unrealistic, because the war has already been going on for two years… I don’t see any will on Putin’s part to end this.”