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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Kyiv and Rachel Hall

Ukraine quashes suggestion it could drop Nato plans to avoid war

A Ukrainian soldier.
Ukraine is not a Nato member, but the prospect of joining the alliance was established in the country’s constitution in 2019. Photograph: Future Publishing/Getty Images

Ukraine has quashed suggestions by the country’s ambassador to Britain that it could drop its bid to join Nato to avoid war with Russia, ahead of a busy day of diplomacy with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heading to Kyiv.

Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko told BBC Ukraine that the country was willing to be “flexible” over its goal to join the Atlantic military alliance, a move the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has warned would be a trigger for war.

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