“The West has long been able to accept Ukraine into NATO.
Nobody prevented him from doing this back in 2005-2006 ... But the problem is that there is no consensus in NATO on this matter.
Consensus must be pushed through, and at the moment no one wants to do this.
They understand that this is a "red line".
That negotiations with Russia after Ukraine joins NATO will be extremely difficult, if not impossible.
In addition, Ukraine is controlled by them anyway, ”the expert said.
He noted that if Ukraine joins NATO, "it will need to be given security guarantees."
“They simply cannot publicly say that they are not going to accept Ukraine into NATO.
But in reality, the process will proceed only when Ukraine is provided with the MAP.
And it will be provided when Washington realizes that they need Ukraine in a somewhat new status.
This is not the case yet.
However, they will talk about it all the time and will say that they are ready to accept Ukraine into NATO.
They should leave Russia feeling uncertain.
And most importantly, no further than June 16, they will sell it.
They will say: “If you behave well, we will not take Ukraine into NATO.
And if you misbehave, we have actually made a decision, we will start the process tomorrow, ”Bruter is sure.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he did not consider talks about Ukraine's joining NATO to be "chatter".
According to him, Moscow may not know "how the conversation" between Kiev and the West was actually built.