Ukraine war briefing: Military’s former top commander says Kyiv has no chance of joining Nato

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Ukraine’s former top military commander and now ambassador to the UK has been quoted as saying ⁠there is no prospect of the country joining Nato. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, ⁠quoted by Ukrainian news website Evropeiska Pravda, told a meeting of Ukrainian ambassadors on Monday that Ukraine in no way met ⁠the military standards needed to join the alliance. “I know Nato really well. For about 12 years I ⁠personally worked on making sure we met Nato standards, and every ​year I heard tales about ‌how we woul