The Kremlin stated today that if the Ukraine join the NATO it will cause problems for many yearsan issue that he said many European Union countries are aware of even though the United States ultimately commands the military alliance.

The president Volodymyr Zelensky he lobbied on Thursday for Ukraine to become a member of the NATO military alliance and asked the alliance to provide security guarantees if his country’s membership is not possible for now.

Asked about Ukraine’s ambitions to join the alliance, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We regret to say that this shows the lack of preparation, unwillingness and inability of the Kiev regime to resolve existing problems at the negotiating table.” .

“Ukraine’s accession to NATO, of course, is one of the main challenges and one of the potential problems for many, many years,” Peskov said.

“Many EU countries, surprisingly, are well aware of this. But, unfortunately, Washington dictates and pays for the tune in NATO. The EU is just a docile instrument in this orchestra.”

NATO leaders agreed at the Bucharest summit in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would one day become NATO members. So far, however, no real steps or timelines have been published that will actually bring Ukraine closer to NATO.

“The Russian Federation… will ensure its interests and security,” Peskov said. “This rules out the enlargement of NATO and its immediate approach to our borders.”

The Kremlin sees NATO’s expansion into former eastern European countries as evidence of Western hostility to Russia and has cited it as a major reason for its decision to send tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, triggering the outbreak. the largest conflict in Europe since the end of World War II.

NATO, which now has 31 members after Finland joined this year, says it is a purely defensive alliance that poses no threat to Russia.