Zelensky says Ukraine needs to admit it won’t be able join NATO

Zelensky

KIEV, March 15. /TASS/: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said the country needs to concede it won’t be able to join NATO.

"It’s clear that Ukraine isn’t a NATO member. We get that, we are sensible people," he said at a meeting with the leaders of the countries that are members of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force. "We have heard for years about allegedly open doors, but we also heard that we wouldn’t be able to join. It’s true and it needs to be admitted."

Set up in 2014, the Joint Expeditionary Force isn’t a regular force. Member countries (which also include Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia) occasionally hold joint military exercises.