NATO promises to accept Ukraine in order to motivate Kiev in the confrontation with Russia, says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. She called such intentions short-sighted and dangerous.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that all allies in the North Atlantic Alliance agree that Ukraine should become a member of the alliance.During his visit to Kiev, he said that Ukraine would eventually become part of the NorthAtlantic Alliance. According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, NATO continues to try to absorb and draw Ukraine into the Alliance.