Rutte: Ukraine will become the 33rd or 34th member of NATO

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that Ukraine will join the North Atlantic Alliance as its 33rd or 34th member in the future.

“As of now, it seems that Ukraine will be the 33rd member. But someone else may get ahead. However, Ukraine will be a member of NATO in the future. We have decided that in Washington. Therefore, the question now is the chronology,” Rutte said.

According to Rutte, now the allies are focused on the efforts that will be a bridge for Ukraine’s membership.

“So if there’s a specific question as to when, I cannot say right now, at this point. But we are working in all these directions so that one day they will actually become a member of NATO,” Rutte added.