U.S. expert: Baltic states have no need to panic, but need to prepare

LSM: Firstly, I would like to speak a little bit about Ukraine and NATO, since we know that Ukraine talks a lot about the desire to join NATO one day. Do you see such a possibility in the future? And what conditions are required for that to happen? Well, I hope so. I hope that NATO will invite Ukraine in as a member. They have already issued the political statements now several years ago. There's no firm standard, though. I think that’s part of the challenge. It's a political decision that will be taken across the 32 allies. But certainly Ukraine's proper place in its future is as a member of the Euro-Atlantic Society of Nations. But what is the main obstacle right now, in you opinion? Is it just that the war is going on or there is something else?