Ukraine’s push for Nato membership is rooted in its European past — and its future

In some ways, Zelenskyy is steering Ukraine through a war on two fronts, writes Kateryna Shynkaruk

A law enforcement officer stands next to a gymnasium building destroyed as a result of hostilities in 2022 in the town of Izyum, Kharkiv region, on September 10, 2023, during the first anniversary of liberation of the small town in eastern Ukraine. Picture: Sergey Bobok/ AFP via Getty Images

During a recent meeting with the nation’s diplomatic corps, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Ukraine’s ambassadors their marching orders for the rest of the year: work to secure Ukraine’s membership in Nato and the EU.

Zelenskyy also told them to focus on helping Ukraine to secure bilateral agreements for security guarantees between Ukraine and individual G7 countries, including the US.