Nato leaders to offer Ukraine major support package but not membership for now

Nato first pledged that Ukraine would become a member one day in 2008, but things have evolved little since then

Jens Stoltenberg said the leaders ‘will reaffirm that Ukraine will become a member of Nato’ (Virginia Mayo/AP)

Nato leaders will agree next week to help modernise the armed forces of Ukraine, creating a new high-level forum for consultations and reaffirm that it will join their alliance one day, the organisation’s top civilian official has said.

But the war-torn country will not start membership talks soon.