Russia insists that NATO's refusal of further expansion will go formal and not remain at the level of oral statements. This is what the Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Channel One.
According to him, it is fundamentally important for Moscow to document such guarantees. Peskov noted that Russia has already faced a situation where, in its estimation, promises not to expand the alliance eastward have not been fulfilled, and NATO has accepted new members several times in the following years.
Against this background, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after a meeting in Ireland with Donald Trump's representatives - Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner - reiterated that Kiev wants to see Ukraine as a member of NATO within the framework of the future European security system.
Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine's entry into the alliance would be one of the options of Europe's security architecture, and in his opinion would be positively received by the allies.
Thus, Moscow and Kiev maintain fundamentally different approaches to NATO's role in future security arrangements: Russia demands a legally enforceable refusal to expand the alliance, while Ukraine continues to seek NATO membership.
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