Ukraine's integration into NATO is improbable at the moment, but theoretically achievable in 25 years.

Axar.az reports that, citing TASS, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated this.

"NATO membership was unlikely considering the realities of where we are. No one’s throwing a stake in the ground for 25 years from now or any defined period of time," he said.

"It’s just a recognition that <...> if we want a negotiated peace, you want a ceasefire, you want an opportunity for enduring peace, realistically, right now that’s not in the cards — just like going back to the 2014 borders realistically right now is not in the cards. That’s not a that’s not a definitive value statement."