NATO won't fight Russia, don't want to join bloc-Zelenesky

NATO is seems to be in fix and want  to keep a balance between Russia and Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted that said he is open to "compromise" on the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories. NATO needs to ensure that the conflict does not spread beyond Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Latvian President Egils Levits in Riga on Tuesday. "To make sure there is no room for miscalculation in Moscow, NATO has significantly strengthened our presence in the eastern part of our Alliance," he said. "We have 130 jets at high alert. Over 200 ships from the High North to the Mediterranean. And thousands of additional troops in the region." ‘We will protect and defend every inch of all Allied territory," he warned.

Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer pressing for NATO membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia's stated reasons for invading its pro-Western neighbor. "The alliance is afraid of controversial things, and confrontation with Russia," the President added. "I have cooled down regarding this question a long time ago after we understood that...NATO is not prepared to accept Ukraine," Zelensky said in an interview aired Monday night on ABC News. Referring to NATO membership, Zelensky said through an interpreter that he does not want to be president of a "country which is begging something on its knees." In another apparent nod aimed at placating Moscow, Zelensky said he is open to "compromise" on the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories that President Vladimir Putin recognized as independent just before unleashing the invasion on February 24.