John Bolton: Ukraine should have joined Nato in 2008

Nato members should have allowed the expedited accession of Ukraine to the alliance in 2008, according to former US national security advisor John Bolton.

Speaking at The Lansdowne Club in London for an event by the Eurosceptic think tank Bruges Group, the former Trump aide suggested that if France and Germany had accepted then-President George W. Bush’s attempt to speed up Ukraine and Georgia’s accession to Nato, Russia’s consequent invasions of both countries could have been avoided.