Ukraine War: NATO allies 'agree Ukraine will become member'

Retired Vice Air Marshall Sean Bell assesses the significance of NATO allies "'agreeing Ukraine will become a member'.

[charliefoster]

The Ukraine and Nato words in the same sentence must drive Putin insane 🤣🤣

[PapaOystein]

It's been commented before: One plausible explanation for the Belgorod incident is that it may have been a glide bomb that failed to pop out its winglets after release, and so instead of gliding 45 miles or whatever to Kharkiv, it dropped like a stone into Belgorod. Perhaps Belgorod was picked by mission planners as a release point of convenience, for even the lousiest pilot should be able to reconize he is above a big city.

[Spott]

they really want to see a mushroom cloud

[PapaOystein]

The biggest problem with accession to NATO is the clause that a new member must not have unresolved border issues. This is IMO one of the main reasons Putin invaded Georgia and Ukraine keeps separatist trouble brewing in Moldova, and does nothing to promote a real resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem between Armenia and Azerbaijan: So that all these countries would have border disputes forever and (formally) can't join NATO.
Of course the alliance is free to change or ignore her own rules, but that would require the same unanimity that voting new members in requires, and seems a long shot with such "difficult" members as Turkey and Hungary. (Turkey has current and long-standing issues with border, sovereignty, autonomy and is pretty much constantly involved militarily both internally and at its borders - if Turkey wasn't so super important geographically, controlling access to the Black Sea, and proximity to Middle East hotspots, there is no way they'd be fit to join)

[AuGAlaN]

meaningful and significant contributions to nato.

mate they've literally held back all of russia. I think they qualify for that category, id understand not meeting the others

[luckyluke]

Not all NATO members said Ukraine will eventually be part of NATO. Hungarian Prime Minister called Stoltenberg an idiot for his statement.

[reamoinmcdonachadh]

I would think that with everything Ukraine has ALREADY suffered, they have indeed already met the test of "significant contribution" by virtue of not only defending their own country, but the defence of Europe as well.

[bob___]

Maybe we should understand the statement that Ukraine will become a member of NATO to mean that there is a consensus that the war in Ukraine may not end with a negotiation.

[laloelsalamanca]

"We just don't know when..."

[larsrons]

Ukraine _"make meaningful and significant military contributions to NATO..."?_ A.t.m. the West especially NATO decides which weapons the Ukrainians have. But they _would_ have the largest army in NATO, and probably have the most experienced army in the world, and certainly compared with any member in NATO. I would argue that _that's_ a meaningful and significant military contribution.

[h.alfred]

It was a Russian glide bomb (looks like a FAB-500) . The wings failed to open, time fuse was used for either a bunker or some sort of fortified target. The FAB upgrade did not go too well .

[impracticaljoker]

That's if there still is a Ukraine and the planet for that matter.

[grumblewoof]

Intercepted communications from the SU35 pilot after he dropped the bomb .... !"

[Overleb]

He talks about the Budapest but not the Minsk agreement 🤡🤡

[moriarty]

I highly doubt all countries will agree.

[giselapfeifer]

NO to Nato - NO to war mongerers pushing on Russian borders..

[TomSeliman]

He isn't telling the truth they just want Ukraine to keep fighting. Hungary and Turkey will not allow Ukraine into NATO

[hopidenisova]

The requirements to joine Nato are
No country that is in war or conflict can be made a member during that time.

[eaglesnest]

Times like now I wish I had an atlas survival shelter.

[JW-dowc]

Interesting to see the timeline outcome of this.