Biden Says Ukraine ‘Not Ready’ to Join NATO

President Joe Biden says Ukraine is “not ready” to join NATO despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent push to join the treaty organization.
Ahead of Biden’s trip to a NATO summit in Lithuania, Zelenskyy said during an interview that it is wholly in Biden’s power to advance the eastern European nation’s membership with NATO. Many in Ukraine support such a move, but western leaders fear that, due to the nature of NATO treaty obligations, this would immediately embroil all of Europe in a war with Russia.
“The U.S. decides today whether Ukraine will get invited to NATO,” Zelenskyy said. “This is today’s situation, and it’s a fact. The majority of NATO countries support inviting Ukraine to NATO. … Those who have their doubts, look only at President Biden and he knows that this depends on him. It will be his decision.”…