Blinken: We’ve put Ukraine on a path to NATO membership.

“We set up for the first time in NATO’s history a dedicated command whose purpose is to help Ukraine along that path, to take the practical steps that it needs to take – in continuing to build and reform its military institutions, to continue to strengthen its democracy – that are necessary for membership. And we are moving Ukraine down that path. Now, ultimately, I believe, yes, Ukraine will be and should be in NATO, and Article 5 is the best guarantor we have”, said secretary Antony Blinken in a conversation at the Council on foreign relations.