Ukraine’s future is in NATO, and the country will join the defence alliance, Latvia’s Prime Minister, Krisjanis Karins, stated, Baltic News Network reports. Speaking at the opening of the newly-formed NATO-Ukraine Council, Karins said that the longer Russia continued the war in Ukraine, the more united NATO would become. He said that there were two ways for a lasting peace in Europe: Change in Russia, which is not happening, or Ukraine joining NATO. However, Karins noted that democratic decision-making was a “marathon,” and that decisions were taken with a long-term perspective.