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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference during the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.

Why doesn't NATO open its doors to Ukraine?

by Kateryna Hodunova

NATO membership for Ukraine is becoming increasingly elusive. The previous U.S. administration silently opposed extending a NATO invitation to Ukraine. The current U.S. administration has made its opposition public. "You can forget about (NATO membership). That's probably the reason the whole thing (war) started," U.S. President Donald

Donald Trump and JD Vance meet with Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Feb. 28, 2025.

6 silver linings of the Trump-Zelensky showdown

by Timothy Ash

The ambush by hired hand U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the White House Oval Office at high noon on Feb. 28 made for great theater, more 24-hour TV than diplomacy. At first, it seemed like an absolute disaster for President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine, potentially risking the withdrawal

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Why Trump’s Ukraine aid freeze upends world order.

The U.S. has suspended military aid to Ukraine as part of a pressure campaign to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky toward negotiations with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jason Miller said on March 4. It’s just the latest in a series of developments since Trump took office that mark a dramtic shift in the U.S.’s relationship with not only Ukraine, but Europe, and the rest of the world. The Kyiv Independent spoke with Timothy Ash, associate fellow at the Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia Programme, who told us that what is unfolding right now amount to “teutonic shifts in alliances that I don’t think anyone could quite have imagined.”
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