ALBAWABA - As the war in Ukraine is entering its 18th month, an Ukranian top official is now seeing an end to the war.
In an interview with CNN, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleskii Reznikov predicted that the Russia-Ukraine war will be ending soon.
During the talk, a CNN reporter said that Reznikov has a specific date predicting when will Ukraine become a NATO member.
The Ukrainian official said that it will be a political decision after Kyiv's victory in the war against Russia.
The Defense Minister said that Ukraine will be joining NATO next summer and it will happen right after the country "win the war," which began on Feb. 24, 2022.
According to Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov, he said that NATO membership means an end to the Russian war in Ukraine saying he forecasts the end of the invasion in a year.
In 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Kyiv during a televised speech and declared Donetsk and Luhansk as independent regions.
