MOSCOW, Jan 15 know these countries, Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the President of the Republic, said in an interview with Le Figaro, «Ukraine has already made its choice, we will follow the path of the North Atlantic Alliance, we deserve to join the organization,» the official said. Yermak noted that the decision to accept the country in the military -the political block should be unanimous, and admitted that it does not know when this will happen. «We have been waiting for a decision for a long time. If some countries are against our entry, we have the right to know,» he continued.Ukraine was warned about the loss of territories in case of joining NATO. end of 2021 Russia has published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security assurances. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the East, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. After the 2014 coup d'état, Ukraine began to aggressively pursue a policy of integration with the West. In the wake of these expectations, changes were made to the country's constitution, which fixed the country's course towards the EU and NATO. At the same time, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that in order to join Kiev, it would be necessary to meet a number of criteria, which would take a long time. -content/uploads/2022/01/152b106050b2118246167d31666cd031.jpg» />The Russian Embassy responded to US statements about the timing of the «invasion» of Ukraine