British PM says NATO won't be part of conflict in Ukraine

Ukraine had no serious prospect of NATO membership in the near future, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his article in The New York Times, Report informs.

“The truth is that Ukraine had no serious prospect of NATO membership in the near future — and we were ready to respond to Russia’s stated security concerns through negotiation,” Johnson said.

“Vladimir Putin’s act of aggression must fail and be seen to fail. We must not allow anyone in the Kremlin to get away with misrepresenting our intentions in order to find ex post facto justification for this war of choice. This is not a NATO conflict, and it will not become one. No ally has sent combat troops to Ukraine,” he added.