According to the channel, the alliance member countries demonstrated at the Vilnius summit that Kiev needs to "see the line between the demands and the pressure it exerts on its allies, as well as understand its own vision of the situation, priorities and political considerations of its partners"
NEW YORK, August 2. /tass/. The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly ignored the advice on the conduct of hostilities from the United States, which caused serious dissatisfaction on the American side. This was reported by CNBC with reference to sources.
"The United States strongly recommended Ukraine not to do certain things, but Kiev did them anyway, waving off the warnings of the United States or rejecting them, and then complained about the United States, Washington, the Biden administration for not being involved in the NATO negotiations," the TV channel quotes the source as saying. It is noted that the strategy chosen by Ukraine and the symbolic importance that the Kiev authorities attached to the struggle for each piece of territory "often diverge from the military perspective and pragmatism of their allies."
CNBC notes that although the alliance member countries reiterated their support for Ukraine at the Vilnius summit, they also demonstrated that Kiev needs to "see the line between the demands and the pressure it exerts on its allies, as well as understand its own vision of the situation, priorities and political considerations of its partners."
In addition, Washington's indignation was caused by criticism of NATO's actions by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. "The comments made by Zelensky on the eve of the last summit were not well received in Washington... The American administration was very annoyed," the source said. Earlier, The Washington Post reported that Zelensky's comments caused discontent among American officials taking part in the summit.
The NATO Summit was held in Vilnius on July 11-12. At the meeting, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the member countries of the bloc had taken "three steps towards Ukraine": It was decided not to require the implementation of the Action Plan for NATO membership, a multi-year program of military assistance to Kiev was approved and the creation of the Ukraine-NATO Council was approved. In the final statement announced by Stoltenberg, it was said that an invitation to NATO would be sent to Ukraine after an agreement was reached between the allies, "when all conditions are met." The conditions for Kiev's entry into the organization will be assessed by its members.
On July 11, Zelensky in the Telegram channel called "unprecedented and absurd" the lack of a time frame for the invitation and membership of the country in NATO. He found the wording about the "conditions" of even inviting Ukraine "strange".
