Hungary and Slovakia are also opposed to Ukraine's membership. According to another interlocutor of the publication, the countries of the bloc support Ukraine’s accession only hypothetically and will begin to actively resist it if it becomes a reality. According to the newspaper, key members of the alliance are delaying inviting Kyiv because they are “worried that they will be drawn into a war with Russia.”
According to Politico's source, the administration of US President Joe Biden believes that most EU countries would not support Ukraine's accession to NATO in the near future.
At the same time, a possible invitation from Kyiv in the future “would be associated with mandatory reforms to combat corruption in Ukraine,” the newspaper’s interlocutor points out.