Ukrainian Foreign Minister pushes back on Russian demands, says ‘Ukraine is seeking membership in NATO’

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is pushing back on Russian demands and said flatly that “Ukraine is seeking membership in NATO” during an episode of CBS’ “60 minutes.”

Kuleba told CBS’ Lesley Stahl that Ukraine is not backing down on its ambitions to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on an episode of “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday.

He also said that Ukraine is not sending “signals” that it’s willing to back down on its ambition to join NATO in an effort to meet one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands.

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