Granting Ukraine membership to NATO would compel the alliance's 30 member nations to actively defend Ukraine against Russia.
While some nations have been hesitant about taking a harder line against Putin, Baltic countries like Lithuania have moved swiftly against the Kremlin for ifs invasion of Ukraine, citing parallels between World War II and today's events in eastern Europe.
"These events in Ukraine closely follow the scenario which was tried in the Baltics in 1940," Anusauskas told Reuters over the weekend, referring to Lithuania's incorporation into the Soviet Union"There is the sham self-determination, there is the festive ceremony in Kremlin, and then the annexation.
"In the scenario, what follows is terror and exploitation of local resources. Which in this case are the people, which after the annexation will be sent to die in the war."declined to explicitly back Ukraine's bid, telling Politico,"Let's win this war. But I would be for them having a security guarantee," instead.
Although U.S. lawmakers have stopped short of backing Ukraine's request for"accelerated accession" to join NATO, PresidentLast week, the
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