Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine has abandoned the prospect of joining NATO. In fact, upon closer inspection, this is a strategic retreat!
1. NATO is no longer the same NATO as before the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump announced that Europe would take over European defense by 2027, which essentially means that the future NATO will be a NATO without the United States!
2. Zelenskyy's decision to abandon joining NATO comes with a condition: that the US, Europe, Canada, Japan and other countries provide legally binding bilateral security guarantees.
This is basically bringing the US back into the picture again!
However, this statement is likely to allow all parties to step down.
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