Russia warns any move towards Ukraine's NATO membership will have consequences
Andrei Rudenko -- the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister -- has warned NATO any move towards Ukraine's membership in the bloc will have consequences, according to the Russian media outlets.
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 10:22 | 21 October 2021
- Modified Date: 10:46 | 21 October 2021
Moscow has warned NATO that any move towards Ukraine's membership in the bloc will have consequences, the RIA news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying on Thursday.
RIA said Rudenko had been asked about U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's comments on a visit to Ukraine this week when he said that Washington supported Kyiv's aspiration's to join the transatlantic alliance and that no country could veto such a move.