Kiev could join the military bloc “one day,” according to Mark Rutte Ukraine was never promised NATO membership as part of any potential settlement of its conflict with Russia, the military bloc’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said. He made the remarks in an interview with the broadcaster MI Ukraina while on a surprise trip to Ukraine on Tuesday. Rutte said that while Kiev’s Western backers have stated Ukraine would “one day” become a member of NATO,  “no one promised Ukraine that NATO