Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“This week, the Kremlin said it was finally satisfied with Washington’s position on future NATO membership for Kiev. ‘We have heard from Washington at various levels that NATO membership for Ukraine has been ruled out,’ Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained. ‘And of course this is something that brings us satisfaction and coincides with our position that Ukraine should not be a member of NATO and should not have prospects of integration with the North Atlantic Alliance.’ Since 2008, the North Atlantic Alliance has been promising to one day add Ukraine as a member of the bloc. However, Moscow protested Kiev accession to the alliance, arguing that it would present a major national security concern for Russia.” [editor’s note: It was never a “red line” because all concerned parties knew it was never going to happen – TLK] (04/23/25)