President of the United States, Donald Trump, ruled out the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO. During a conference with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, he expressed hope for a lasting peace in Ukraine but emphasized that NATO's Article 5 would not apply in this case.

Meanwhile, Kaja Kallas, the head of European Union diplomacy, during her visit to Washington, expressed the belief that NATO is the best security guarantee for Kyiv.

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has emphasised that NATO membership is the only effective security guarantee for Ukraine. Source: Kallas in an interview with AFP during a visit to Washington,