“According to the open door policy: we are committed to the promises made at the summit (in Bucharest. -

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), but we are not ready to provide any specific deadlines,” the Secretary General said at the NATO summit, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Stoltenberg also said that the Kyiv authorities need to “prepare for a long war,” while he did not answer the question of whether Ukraine would be able to join the North Atlantic Alliance after the conflict was resolved.

The head of the military bloc instead promised Kyiv new arms deliveries.