Nato members have pledged their support for an “irreversible path” to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid.

While a formal timeline for it to join the military alliance was not agreed at a summit in Washington DC, the military alliance’s 32 members said they had “unwavering” support for Ukraine’s war effort.

Nato has also announced further integration with Ukraine’s military and members have committed €40bn ($43.3bn, £33.7bn) in aid in the next year, including F-16 fighter jets and air defence support.

The bloc’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Support to Ukraine is not charity - it is in our own security interest.”

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    4 months ago

    You wrote

    . Cuba was “let’s put offensive capabilities next to you during a war (cold…but it was a war)” that is self defense and very different.

    Except that it was a defensive response to the US placing Saturn rockets in Turkey. It isn’t like they chose to put it there for no reason or even first. The US put offensive weapons on Turkey first then the Russians wanted defensive weapons on Cuba to prevent the Saturn rockets from being used.

    It is extremely relevant

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      4 months ago

      The conversation was NOT about the USSR (not Russia) putting missiles there or if it was justified. It was about Cuba deciding to allow itself to be the staging ground for that action and being dealt with for it…