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BREAKING: Ukraine Applies For NATO Membership
Daily Wire ^ | • Sep 30, 2022 | By Ben Zeisloft

Posted on 09/30/2022 8:43:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that his nation has formally submitted an expedited application to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance launched after World War II as a counter against Soviet aggression in Europe. The announcement occurs as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month.

“Ukraine was and remains a leader in negotiation efforts. It was our state that always offered Russia to reach an agreement on coexistence on equal, honest, decent and fair terms,” Zelensky said in a video message. “It is obvious that this is impossible with this Russian president. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. Therefore, we are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but already with another president of Russia.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin officially revealed on Friday that he would annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine after residents voted to join his nation. The referendum, which local Ukrainian officials said was coerced by Russian soldiers, took place earlier this week, with results in each region appearing to be strikingly lopsided in favor of Russia.

“The Kremlin’s sham referenda are a futile effort to mask what amounts to a further attempt at a land grab in Ukraine,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Thursday statement. “To be clear: the results were orchestrated in Moscow and do not reflect the will of the people of Ukraine.”

Member states of NATO sent thousands of troops to neighboring eastern European countries in February after Putin ordered the invasion. The United States has sent more than $9.8 billion in civilian and military assistance to Ukraine over the past several months. USAID Administrator Samantha Power remarked earlier this year that as the “assault on Ukraine’s public services continues, the United States is rushing in with financial support to help the government keep the lights on, provide essential services to innocent citizens and pay the health care workers who are providing lifesaving support on the frontlines.”

On Thursday evening, the Senate approved more than $12 billion in additional aid for Ukraine. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives must advance the bill to President Joe Biden by Friday night, which marks the end of the current fiscal year.

Ukraine’s application to join NATO also comes days after the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline system saw “unprecedented” damage. As fuel poured into the Baltic Sea, some European leaders began pointing fingers at Russia, which had severed flow through the pipelines one month earlier, as well as the United States. Germany, the continent’s largest economy, relied upon Russian natural gas for 55% of its imports before the beginning of the conflict.

“The destruction that occurred on the same day simultaneously on three strings of the offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system is unprecedented,” Nord Stream AG, the Russian company that operates the pipelines, said in a statement. “It is not yet possible to estimate the timing of the restoration of the gas transport infrastructure.”

After Russia invaded Ukraine, other European countries — including Sweden and Finland — pursued membership in NATO. The parliament of Slovakia approved the entry of the two Nordic nations into the alliance, becoming one of the last governments to ratify the expansion. Hungary and Turkey have not yet greenlit the move.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Russia
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1 posted on 09/30/2022 8:43:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I see he wants WWIII.


2 posted on 09/30/2022 8:45:10 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Russia had to expect this after announcing the annexation. Did they really think the West would do nothing?


3 posted on 09/30/2022 8:46:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

That will calm things down.
/s


4 posted on 09/30/2022 8:47:16 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Red Badger

Here’s my gut feeling... After all we’ve been thru including the billions sent, we don’t let them join NATO.


5 posted on 09/30/2022 8:48:22 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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6 posted on 09/30/2022 8:48:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: sit-rep

But now the stakes have been raised, not allowing them into NATO makes the West look weak.

Not saying I support Ukraine in NATO, but Russia is somewhat forcing their hand here.


7 posted on 09/30/2022 8:49:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a good show.


8 posted on 09/30/2022 8:51:03 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Wait until the current war ends and then do it. It does not look like that will be take long.


9 posted on 09/30/2022 8:55:42 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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True... But I really don’t think this administration is concerned about looking weak. Take Afghanistan for example. The bigger picture is I’m sure slapping them upside the head as we speak and that is allowing then to join NATO is definitely evidence of them actually mobilizing other nations onto the ground there which will be more of a tinder box than we already have there. Up to know it’s just been some supplies, money and a lot of saber rattling... Allowing them into NATO is 100% commitment and again this admin is toobstupd to handle that and deep down I think they know it. Js...


10 posted on 09/30/2022 8:57:57 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: Red Badger

Continuing according to the script.


11 posted on 09/30/2022 8:58:07 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: EEGator

I’ve never seen it.........................


12 posted on 09/30/2022 8:58:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Zelenskyy is asking for fast-tracked NATO membership because he is panicking, not because NATO will actually admit Ukraine. He will do anything possible to drag the rest of the world into the war.


13 posted on 09/30/2022 8:58:12 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: sit-rep

Well pretty much a majority did want out of Afghanistan.

But the majority do want to support Ukraine in some way.


14 posted on 09/30/2022 8:59:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: sit-rep

Too stupid*


15 posted on 09/30/2022 8:59:19 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: dfwgator

We shall see soon enough I reckon.


16 posted on 09/30/2022 9:00:53 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: dfwgator; sit-rep; Red Badger

Make the current Russian-occupied areas autonomous regions. Russians get out, and the regions are self-governed and there is Russia’s buffer zone.


17 posted on 09/30/2022 9:01:43 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger
How about nuclear weapons in Cuba? That's the ticket!

18 posted on 09/30/2022 9:02:14 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Red Badger

He does what his masters say

Keep $$$$ flowing

So stupid


19 posted on 09/30/2022 9:02:33 AM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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To: Red Badger

Nyet...


20 posted on 09/30/2022 9:03:08 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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