Media learned about the refusal of NATO foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine's invitation to the alliance

The meeting of NATO foreign ministers will not reach an agreement on inviting Ukraine to the alliance. This was reported by the Ansa news agency on 2 December.

It is specified that until the heads of the alliance's states decide on this issue, the foreign ministers will not be able to give any recommendations. This issue will also be actively discussed ahead of the summit in The Hague.

The material says that some European countries are discussing the issue of sending troops to Ukraine, but the issue is not raised inside NATO.

In addition, it is noted that Kiev has made it clear to Western countries that by 2025 it will need "at least $120 billion". This exceeds the amount previously agreed upon at the NATO summit in Washington.

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Earlier, on November 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, said in an interview with the British television channel Sky News that he might agree to a cease-fire and giving up some territories in exchange for Ukraine's NATO membership. He said NATO membership should be offered to Kiev-controlled parts of the country to end the "hot phase," provided that the NATO invitation itself recognizes Ukraine's internationally recognized borders.

Former U.S. Congressman and Florida Republican Matt Gaetz noted after Zelensky's Nov. 29 statement that admitting Ukraine to NATO would be a terrible idea.

Prior to that, on November 23, Bloomberg reported that the administration of current U.S. President Joe Biden was considering the option of publicly urging NATO countries to invite Ukraine to the alliance after Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. However, this step was abandoned due to the low hope for success.

The director of the Center for European Information, Nikolay Topornin, told Izvestiya on 21 November that a number of NATO member states were wary of granting membership to Ukraine. In particular, Berlin, Washington and Paris do not support the idea of admitting Kiev to the bloc. The fact is that Ukraine does not fully meet the necessary Western standards and the alliance countries do not want to become parties to the conflict.

Ukraine applied to join NATO on an accelerated basis on September 30, 2022. Zelenskyy said at the time that the country was already in the alliance and met its standards.