According to the last According to a poll by the New Europe Center, more than 70% of Ukrainians would support Ukraine joining NATO based on the model used by West Germany.
This was reported by URA-Inform, citing the above-mentioned source.
It is noted that this format involves inviting a country to the Alliance within internationally recognized borders, but without extending the guarantees of Article 5 of NATO to temporarily occupied territories.
The historical experience of the FRG, which joined NATO in 1955 , is an example of how a country can become part of a collective security system while still maintaining the prospect of full reunification in the future. The eastern German states, which were behind the “Iron Curtain”, joined the Alliance almost four decades after the end of the Cold War. /p>
For Ukraine, this approach could become a compromise option in the current international situation. On the one hand, this will strengthen the country's security, and on the other, it will preserve the possibility of a political and diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Donbass and Crimea.
Meanwhile, the Russian Federation hinted at the possibility of a quick end to the war.