Kiev was never promised accession to the US-led military bloc as part of a peace deal with Moscow, Mark Rutte has said NATO has never offered Ukraine the prospect of joining the bloc as part of any potential settlement of its conflict with Russia, the organization’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said. The Ukrainian leadership’s longstanding aim of membership in the US-led military alliance is viewed by Moscow as one of the root causes of the current conflict. “We never agreed that, as part