Granting Ukraine membership would be the most important kind of support on the part of Western powers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has noted that Ukraine is going toward NATO, while membership in the Alliance will send an important signal to Russia.
"To be honest, we have already become NATO's enhanced partners. We're going toward NATO. NATO is about security in our region. We realize this, so yes, we do have a powerful Army, a 200,000-strong Army, we're upgrading our [military] equipment, but this isn't enough," Zelensky said, according to BBC Ukraine.
The president added that he had been telling the United States and the European Union: "If you don't want to lose Ukraine, you've got to support it. And NATO membership is a very important signal to Russia, it's the most important kind of support."
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On October 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said Ukraine needs a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP).
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak says the participation of NATO member states' armed forces in Ukraine's Joint Efforts 2020 military drills has become an important deterrent to Russia's aggressive intentions.