Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke with Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, prior to the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in a military format.
The United States and Germany continue to insist that decisions about Ukrainian membership in NATO should be made based on Ukraine's progress in implementing reforms, rather than political will, Euractiv news outlet reported on Nov. 28, citing sources.