The Motherland Monument in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 13The head of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, Andriy Yermak, said that Ukraine remains on track to join NATO, a possible security guarantees agreement is not a replacement for it. Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office on Tuesday published a draft on guarantees the security of Ukraine, Kyiv offers the EU, the USA, Britain, Australia and Turkey as guarantors. The agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine is not a substitute for joining NATO — it is a way to ensure security until this entry takes place,» Yermak wrote in his Telegram channel. In December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine amended two laws, abandoning the state status. In February 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted amendments to the constitution, fixing the country's course in the EU and NATO. Ukraine has become the sixth state to receive NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner status. Representatives of official Washington have repeatedly stated that at this stage the possibility of Ukraine's entry into NATO is not being considered. At the same time, the United States emphasized that the alliance would never abandon the «open door» policy, and did not rule out that in the future Kyiv could try to join the organization. The non-bloc and non-nuclear status of Ukraine was discussed during Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which began in late February , but were later frozen. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that further expansion of the alliance will not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. Ukrainian front
