NATO Secretary General Rutte said on the 15th that NATO's support for Ukraine is “unquestionable,” yet NATO has never promised that Ukraine's entry into NATO will be included in future peace agreements between Ukraine and Russia. According to the Ukrainian Interfax news agency, Rutte visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on the 15th and met with Ukrainian President Zelensky. At a joint press conference with Zelensky, Rutte said that NATO will stand with Ukraine as always, and that NATO's support for Ukraine is “unquestionable”; the process of Ukraine's entry into NATO is irreversible. This was a decision made at the NATO summit held in Washington last year, and “nothing has changed.” However, Rutte also stressed, “When we said that Ukraine would one day become a member of NATO, we never promised that it would be part of a peace agreement.”

NATO Secretary General Rutte said on the 15th that NATO's support for Ukraine is “unquestionable,” yet NATO has never promised that Ukraine's entry into NATO will be included in future peace agreements between Ukraine and Russia. According to the Ukrainian Interfax news agency, Rutte visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on the 15th and met with Ukrainian President Zelensky. At a joint press conference with Zelensky, Rutte said that NATO will stand with Ukraine as always, and that NATO's support for Ukraine is “unquestionable”; the process of Ukraine's entry into NATO is irreversible. This was a decision made at the NATO summit held in Washington last year, and “nothing has changed.” However, Rutte also stressed, “When we said that Ukraine would one day become a member of NATO, we never promised that it would be part of a peace agreement.”