US does not see Ukraine in NATO today - Zelenskyy

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s membership in NATO today is not supported by either current President Joe Biden or US presidential candidate Donald Trump.

“We understand that the White House is not ready to give us an invitation. They talk about this openly. President Biden talks about this. And Trump says that if it weren’t for NATO, the war might not have started. We hear the opinions of two parties .And this suggests that everyone does not see Ukraine in NATO today.”

However, according to Zelenskyy, he does not support such an American policy and considers it a road back. In his opinion, such a cautious policy is similar to “the steps of a sapper in a minefield,” and not like the policy of world leaders.

"Understanding all this, if there is no invitation for us today, then we want specifics. If America is afraid of irritating Putin, and that is why we are not invited there, then we ask the United States to give us as much as possible everything that can protect us. We ask Patriot, enough F-16s, enough weapons to defend ourselves,” the president said.

As Zelenskyy emphasized, if NATO does not want to take Ukraine into its alliance today, Ukraine asks to give it everything so that it can defend itself from Russian aggression.