'Putin bears full responsibility for this war. And it is his responsibility to end it,' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.
"We know it's possible. We have seen Finland and Sweden start accession to the Alliance this year without a Membership Action Plan," Zelensky said in a statement."We understand that this requires the consensus of all members of the Alliance. We understand that it is necessary to reach such a consensus.
During the press conference on Friday afternoon, Stoltenberg was asked about Zelensky's application. While the NATO Secretary-General did not explicitly state that Ukraine will immediately join the alliance, he said,"We support Ukraine's right to choose its own path, to decide what kind of security arrangements it wants to be a part of."
Stoltenberg also said on Friday that Russia's annexation of the four Ukrainian territories is the"most serious escalation," of the ongoing conflict but shows that"Putin has utterly failed in his strategic objectives."
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