Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania, has confirmed that the NATO member states have reached a consensus and decided to drop the requirement for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine on its way to accession to NATO.
The Kremlin has repeatedly claimed that Ukraine's accession to NATO would pose a threat to Russia and would require a response. Source: Kremlin-aligned news agency RIA Novosti, citing Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Details: Peskov alleged that Kyiv is trying to "put pressure" on NATO countries to show solidarity.
The United States and Germany are under intense pressure from their allies to demonstrate greater support for Ukraine's membership in NATO ahead of the summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July. Source: Financial Times, citing officials briefed on the talks, as reported by European Pravda Details: Washington and Berlin are reportedly in favour of formulating a summit statement that does not contain full support for Ukraine's path to NATO membership, let alone an invitation to Kyiv to join NATO after the w
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the NATO summit in Vilnius. Source: Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda in Vilnius, reported by European Pravda Details: Stoltenberg said that this summit should bring Ukraine closer to NATO.