ukraine mean? and how realistic is it in the short term? mata is it in the short-term? nato membership is it in the short-term? nato membership for is it in the short-term? nato membership for ukraine - is it in the short term? iisgtf: membership for ukraine would have meant, before 2022, that russia would not have invaded ukraine, because it hasn t touched any nato countries yet. ukraine is not going to get a membership offer at the nato summit. but it will get encouraging words at least, and jens stoltenberg himself said ukraine will one dayjoin nato, but of course he is the outgoing general secretary. the russians have of course warned about this all the time, they claim they invaded ukraine fully in 2022 because of their concerns about ukraine s nato membership. but i think this is still largely aspirational. i don t think anyone has a good idea on the timetable, as long as ukraine and russia are at war with each other. aha, as ukraine and russia are at war with each other.- war
territory. president biden has had to play a pretty careful and calculated game here. he has been balancing on one hand the desire to support ukraine, but on the other, the need to stop this spiralling into a bigger confrontation between the west and russia. he has been nervous about what moscow, with its nuclear weapons, might do in response to such a move. the kremlin today has accused the us and nato of ratcheting up the us and nato of ratcheting up tensions. but despite its many threats that there will be consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. i consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. , ,., ~ consequences, moscow has yet to retaliate. , ., ., , ., retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the centre - retaliate. i spoke to a senior adviser for the centre for i adviser for the centre for eurasian, russian and eastern european studies. this really was a big decision by president bide
second biggest city in ukraine. there is another tricky decision coming up as well, when it comes to these f 16 fighterjets when it comes to these f 16 fighter jets that when it comes to these f 16 fighterjets that ukraine is expected to receive soon from western allies. how do you think nato countries will go about deciding how far fighter jets will be allowed to fly over the russian border, and what sort of targets the planes might be able to strike? this is clearly might be able to strike? this is clearly something - might be able to strike? t1 s is clearly something that the foreign minister s probably discussed today in prague, the nato foreign ministers. it will come up as a subject at the nato summit injuly here. this has to be carefully calibrated, but i think most of the nato allies by now agree in terms of the all out war russia is waging on ukraine, ukraine has to be able to fight back, because at the moment it is in a very difficult situation militarily, and the russians
by president biden in the first the first place was a fear of retaliation by russia? putin is always threatening things, and yes, the biden administration and european governments have been restrained by their fear of escalation. we heard more threats from putin today, from dmitry medvedev, once president and now one of the shrillest hawks. most of the nato allies realised that these threats are meant to intimidate, that we have self deterred because of them, and that russia is already attacking very fiercely in ukraine, and probably the russians are not going to escalate that much despite all the bluster. today, the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said, we are working on how to move ukraine closer to membership. what would nato membership for ukraine mean? and how realistic is it in the short term? nato membership for ukraine would have meant, before 2022, that russia would not have invaded ukraine, because it
blocking russian attendance. moscow says it is pointless if it can t have a seat at the table, which swiss officials are working on. nato foreign ministers are meeting in prague where they are expected to agree on another aid package for ukraine. it comes after the us announced on thursday that its allowing ukraine to use its weapons to strike targets inside russia, along with landline near kharkiv. 0n landline near kharkiv. on friday germany said it would follow suit. russia is a using nato and the us of provoking a new level of tension. accusing nato and the us. kharkiv, the second largest city in ukraine, came under deadly missile attacks. let s go live to the senior adviser for the centre of eurasian russian and eastern european studies. this really was a big decision by president biden, wasn t it? but if you look at this from the ukraine perspective, could this