The U.S. may be warming up to Ukraine joining NATO soon, according to a new report, as Kyiv steps up its calls for alliance membership despite long-standing concern over a possible widening of the war.
U.S. officials “no longer have any objections in principle to a simple invitation,” French daily newspaper Le Monde reported on Saturday. “If [Vice President] Kamala Harris is elected, we could imagine [President Joe] Biden moving in this direction during the transition period,” the paper reported, citing an anonymous European diplomatic source.
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Just a few weeks out from the U.S. presidential elections, which will see Harris and former President Donald Trump go head-to-head, Kyiv has renewed pleas for gaining membership to NATO and attempted to shore up support for its war against Moscow.