Oh, Gee Whiz, ...
Posted on 05/31/2025 9:45:09 AM PDT by bimboeruption
Key Points - Keith Kellogg, US envoy to Ukraine under President Trump, stated this week that Vladimir Putin's complaint about NATO's eastward expansion is "fair," a comment that could signal a significant shift in the US stance.
-This potentially validates Russia's long-held grievance, which it uses to justify the Ukraine war, despite Western counterarguments that no formal treaty barred NATO's growth beyond Germany.
-Putin currently demands a written commitment to halt further NATO enlargement as a condition for peace. Kellogg also noted that Ukraine joining NATO is "not on the table" for the US and several other members.
Why Ukraine Is Never Going to Join NATO
Keith Kellogg, the U.S. envoy to Ukraine, told ABC News this week that the administration believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s complaint about the eastward expansion of NATO is “fair.”
The comment could become a significant turning point in the conflict, following years of NATO countries and U.S. presidents rejecting claims by Moscow that NATO violated a pledge not to expand the bloc eastward.
"We've said that to us, Ukraine coming into NATO is not on the table, and we're not the only country that says that - you know I could probably give you four other countries in NATO and it takes 32 of the 32 to allow you to come in to NATO," Kellogg told ABC on Thursday. "That's one of the issues that Russia will bring up."
Why It’s Contentious
President Putin frequently cites NATO’s eastward expansion as both a long-standing grievance and a justification for Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. He argues that Western leaders broke promises made in the late 20th century not to expand the alliance toward Russia’s borders.
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It was dead the instant Russia decided to intervene.
Things are proceeding toward their inevitable conclusion.
They defaulted on their last months debt payment.
Creditors are little miffed because of it.
So, they are begging to renegotiate about 3 to 4 billion.
OTOH RUSSIAS GDP grew at about 4 per cent.
They should never have been considered for membership. Ukraine is best off as a buffer state from a lucid NATO point of view (as opposed to what’s going on recently).
It's has never been alive. It's just another pathetic attempt to show some “achievement” in Putin's cartoonish war.
Oh, Gee Whiz, ...
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