What countries around Ukraine are in NATO? Can Ukraine join NATO during war?

As of June 2023, NATO has 30 member countries. The countries that border Russia and are members of NATO are Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.

Ukraine is not a member of NATO but has expressed interest in joining the alliance. Nato leaders said in 2008 that Ukraine would join the alliance one day.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has repeated that promise throughout the course of the war – though the organization has established no pathway or timetable for membership. However, Ukraine currently cannot contribute to the Alliance’s collective security for the simple reason that it is embroiled in a war. Therefore, there would be no consensus to take this action.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental political and military alliance between 30 member states, primarily from North America and Europe. It was established in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

Their combined military spending as of 2022 constituted around 55 percent of the global nominal total. Moreover, members have agreed to reach or maintain the target defense spending of at least two percent of their GDP by 2024.