Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday the U.S. did not want Ukraine to join NATO even before the Trump administration began changing the country’s approach toward the Russia-Ukraine war.

Zelensky says the United States never wanted Ukraine in NatoReuters

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. — Ukrinform.

Donald Trump has been criticised for appearing to take the bargaining chips of Ukrainian Nato membership and territorial concessions off the table.

Meanwhile, Nato’s official stance – endorsed by Sir Keir’s Government in the UK/Ukraine 100-year partnership and reiterated by the Prime Minister on Friday – is that Ukraine is on an “irreversible” path to joining the alliance.

Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Roger Wicker said Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” in his comments about Ukraine in a speech at NATO HQ. Pro-Ukraine Wicker, who b