At a high-profile NATO gathering in Brussels Mark Rutte avoided direct answers about Ukraineʼs path to NATO membership: his main focus turned to getting more weapons to Kyiv‚ which would help them in future peace-talks with Moscow
About a week ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested an interesting idea — letting Ukraine join NATO but only for territories under Kyivʼs control (which could stop the hot phase of the conflict thats been going on since early-22)
The meeting of NATO foreign ministers happened at a tough time — Russian military keeps moving forward into Ukrainian territory; making the discussion about membership even more complex. The alliance needs to balance support and realistic goals: sending military aid seems like the best short-term fix