Valery Zaluzhnyi, quoted by media outlet Evropeiska Pravda, told a meeting of Ukrainian ambassadors that Ukraine in no way met the military standards needed to join the alliance. For ‌about 12 years, I personally ⁠worked on making sure we met NATO standards, and every year I heard tales about how we would ⁠join NATO any day now," Evropeiska Pravda quoted him as telling the meeting. Ukraine needed the technology "already in use in NATO member-states, including anti-missile defence, space capabilities etc", he was quoted as saying. It has, however, acknowledged that currently it would ‌not be welcomed into NATO by all ​its members. Russia has rejected out ​of hand any notion of Ukrainian membership of NATO.