Ukraine NATO bid offers pretext for conflict escalation with Russia — expert

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An expert noted that Ukraine's bid to join NATO serves as a pretext for escalation of conflict with Russia, highlighting the geopolitical tensions involved. The political prospects of Ukraine joining the European family or NATO bloc were deemed unforeseeable by analyst Alexander Stepanov.

Any political prospects for joining the ‘friendly European family’ or the ‘reliable North Atlantic bloc’ were not foreseeable from the very beginning for the Kiev regime and its leaders, Alexander Stepanov noted