U.S. elder statesman Henry Kissinger on January 17 said Russia's invasion shows there is no longer a point to keeping Ukraine out of NATO, the long-held aspiration of Kyiv that he once opposed. The 99-year-old former secretary of state and apostle of realpolitik has for months advocated a cease-fire in the Ukraine war that would in effect accept some military gains by Russia. But speaking virtually to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Kissinger said that NATO membership for Ukraine would be an "appropriate outcome." "The idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful," he said.
Henry Kissinger Says Russia War Validates Ukraine's NATO Bid
Henry Kissinger, pictured in 2016, has for months advocated a cease-fire in the Ukraine war that would in effect accept some military gains by Russia.