Ukraine 'could get instant NATO membership' if Russia breaks peace deal & Moscow set to declare 'victory'

Ukraine 'could get instant NATO membership' if Russia breaks peace deal & Moscow set to declare 'victory'

Day 1,094.

Today, we hear how Washington is said to be considering a deal, which – if Russia broke – would see Ukraine automatically acquire membership to NATO, hear about possible European-specific alternatives to the alliance, and return again to the subject being forgotten in many discussions at the moment: war crimes. Later, to end the week, you’ll hear a special report from Adélie Pojzman-Pontay into Ukrainian art history and culture.



Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dr Mike Martin MP (Senior Visiting Fellow at The Department of War Studies, King's College London). @ThreshedThought on X.

Verity Bowman (Foreign Reporter). @VerityBowman on X.


With thanks to Tetyana Filevska (Creative Director of the Ukrainian Institute - https://ui.org.ua/), and Julia Solovey (co-founder of public organization Ukraine WOW - https://ukrainewow.org/).


Content Referenced:


Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/21/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-china-trump/


Ukraine could get instant Nato membership if Russia breaks peace deal (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/20/ukraine-russia-war-donald-trump-putin-zelensky-peace-kyiv/


Ukrainian female POWs tortured and paraded naked through the snow by Russian troops (Verity Bowman's Investigation in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/ukrainian-female-pows-tortured-and-paraded-naked-by-russian/


In Private Remarks on Russia, Rubio Tries to Reassure Europeans (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/rubio-russia-europe.html


Russia wants to declare 'victory' over Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel claims (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-wants-to-declare-victory-over-ukraine-on-feb-24-military-intelligence-claims/


Russia's Weakness Offers Leverage (ISW Special Report):

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russias-weakness-offers-leverage


Dr Mike Martin's Thread:

https://x.com/ThreshedThought/status/1892822755885592663?t=50uKvTgEYdgNpVOj2rnlGg&s=03


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