56% Of Ukrainians Expect NATO Summit to Guarantee Ukraine's Accession

The majority of Ukrainians expect guarantees of Ukraine's accession to the Alliance from the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12.

According to the survey by the sociological group Rating, conducted on July 4-10, 56% of respondents expect the summit to guarantee Ukraine's NATO accession: 29% – in the short-term, 27% – in the long-haul.

27% of respondents believe that no specific decisions will be made at the summit and everything will end up with vague declarations.

Another 13% believe that they will not promise Ukraine to join NATO, but they will promise weapons.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said earlier on Monday that after a discussion, NATO member states have agreed to cancel the Membership Action Plan for Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, said that Kyiv believes that NATO could invite Ukraine to join even during the war and complete the process when circumstances permit.

Watch also the video blog of "European Pravda" from Vilnius.