As noted, Ukraine's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance is hindered by a number of reasons, one of which is the uncertainty of European NATO members regarding the country's entry into the alliance.

In addition, the authors of the article point out that despite Washington's numerous statements on the inclusion of Ukraine in NATO, US President Joe Biden "was always cautious in such statements."

Earlier, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said that Ukraine's accession to NATO is currently not being discussed.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the Russian side needs concrete guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will never join NATO.