Kyiv’s former top commander says NATO is too outdated for Ukraine – POLITICO

NATO's reliance on the "doctrines of World War II" and its slow adaptation to new forms of warfare make it unlikely Ukraine will ever join the alliance, said Kyiv's Ambassador to the U.K. and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

"For 12 years, I must have personally been working to ensure that we mastered NATO standards, and every year I listened to tales that we were about to join NATO. Unfortunately, we will never join it," Zaluzhnyi privately told Ukrainian ambassadors in Kyiv on Monday, according to Ukrainian media.

Although "Ukraine needs technologies that are still available in NATO countries today," like defenses against ballistic missiles, he said, "it is impossible to join an organization that possesses the doctrines of World War II with the level of development that exists in the armed forces of Ukraine."