NATO Says Ukraine May Join Alliance When ‘Conditions Are Met’

VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO members on July 11 issued a statement expressing their support for Ukraine’s membership in the alliance but failed to provide a timeline for when that might occur.
“Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the Vilnius Summit Communiqué (pdf) reads.
The high-stakes summit in Vilnius, on July 11–12, brings together leaders from the alliance’s 31 member countries to discuss crucial global security challenges, including the war in Ukraine.
The allies reaffirmed their commitment made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit and acknowledged that Kyiv has made “substantial progress on its reform path.”
In its communiqué, NATO also removed the requirement that Ukraine implement a so-called Membership Action Plan. Instead, they’ve adapted an “Annual National Program” to review progress on a regular basis….}