Ukraine Recap: Biden Says Kyiv Won’t Get ‘Easy’ Path Into NATO
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President Joe Biden said he wouldn’t support easing barriers for Ukraine to join NATO, saying the war-torn country has to “meet the same standards” as other nations in the transatlantic alliance. “They’ve done everything related to demonstrating the ability to coordinate militarily, but there’s a whole issue of, is their system secure?” Biden told reporters as he prepared to board Air Force One. “Does it meet all the standards everyone, every other nation in NATO, does? I think it will. I think it can. But it’s not automatic.”