Ukraine acts as NATO’s eastern flank – Ukraine’s Defence Minister
Pravda Ukraine
Ukraine expects that NATO will clarify the country’s prospects for becoming a member of the Alliance at the summit in Vilnius.
Source: Voice of America, citing Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister
Details: Reznikov stated that Ukraine is already actually playing the role of NATO’s eastern flank, protecting “democratic, civilised Europe from barbaric Russia.