EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas believes that Ukraine’s path to NATO is irreversible and that sooner or later the country will become a member of the Alliance. Source: Kallas at a press conference following the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 24 February,

As we hit the three year mark since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe and NATO appear to be at their most fractured and vulnerable.

New US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to assume the role of backseat driver in his first in person meeting with European counterparts on Wednesday as the new Trump administration works to shift responsibility for Ukrainian and European security squarely to NATO and the EU.