Kremlin Says NATO Membership for Ukraine Would Be ‘Red Line’

Kremlin Says NATO Membership for Ukraine Would Be ‘Red Line’
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony launching the Amur gas processing plant managed by Gazprom company via video link outside Moscow, Russia, on June 9, 2021. Sputnik/Sergei Ilyin/Kremlin via Reuters
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MOSCOW—The Kremlin said on June 17 that Ukrainian membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be a “red line” for Moscow and that it’s concerned about talk that Kyiv may one day be granted a membership action plan.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks a day after U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Geneva. Peskov said the summit had been positive overall.