Boris Volodarsky: Ukraine joining NATO advantageous

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00:00Indeed, and we've also heard that Ukraine is not going to be joining NATO, at least

00:05that's what the Trump administration is saying.

00:07That sounds like another pretty big concession before negotiations have even got started.

00:13Some might say a gift to President Putin.

00:15We should actually not take very seriously what members of the Trump administration are

00:19saying.

00:20And Pete Hexteth is definitely not a person who is quite responsible for his words.

00:26So I would not take that quite seriously, actually.

00:29We shall see what goes on further.

00:33My understanding is that the Ukraine armed forces are the most developed, the strongest

00:40armed forces in Europe today.

00:43And this is more for the advantage of the NATO than for Ukraine, that Ukraine joins

00:48the NATO.

00:49And this is additional defense for the NATO against Russia as a definite aggressor today.