President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and leaders of the Nordic countries –Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland– demonstrated this Wednesday in Helsinki their unity against the Russian military invasion and in support of Kyiv’s aspirations to become a full member of the Euro-Atlantic community.

Zelensky admitted that he knew about it. your country is “impossible” to be accepted into NATO as long as this war lasts, but he has asked his allies for a “political declaration” that offers Kiev a concrete perspective of its entry and recognizes its status as a “de facto member” of the alliance that Ukraine would win in this conflict.

The Ukrainian leader also congratulated Finland on its recent NATO membership and hoped that Sweden would be admitted to the alliance as soon as possible, thus becoming its thirty-second member country.

“Ukraine should be thirty-third”Zelensky stated this at a joint press conference of the leaders of the “six” following the meeting.

For his part, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson pointed out that “we continue to support the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EUstands on its own, and we continue to assist in the reform process that will pave the way for Ukraine to begin accession negotiations.”

Sweden this semester, he presides over the European Union.

Other leaders present also expressed their views in a joint statement of support for Ukraine. support for the aspirations of Kyiv become part of the EU and NATO in the long term

During the summit, which participants described as historic, the Nordic countries recalled that they had sent several 4.4 billion euros of military aid to Ukraine and about 1.5 billion euros in financial and humanitarian aid.