Ukraine's government has long aspired to join NATO.
Despite the fact that Ukraine is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , the country may soon send military contingents to join NATO missions in Iraq and the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials.
Petrenko added that the missions would aid with"situation awareness in the Black [Sea] and the Sea of Azov," where Ukraine forces recently had a military standoff with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy exits the parliament after his swearing in as Ukraine's sixth president since its independence in 1991, on May 20, 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine would make it difficult for Ukraine to enter NATO. The Western military alliance is often reluctant to welcome new members that are already embroiled in a conflict because a key article of the alliance's founding treaty guarantees collective defense.
But Poroshenko was voted out of office in the last Presidential elections in April. Before winning, current President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised to hold a referendum on NATO membership if he won. But he also appears to be committed to Ukraine's transatlantic path, experts note.
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