The US-led bloc will not formally invite Kiev to join this year, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in Washington

“I don’t think there will be any invitation as a result of this year’s summit, but everything else will speak of such a future,” he said.

NATO also intends to give Kiev at least €40 billion ($43.3 billion) over the next year, set up a mechanism to coordinate deliveries of military aid and training of Ukrainian troops, and support Ukraine on its path to “full Euro-Atlantic integration.”

Kiev was furious at the lack of a formal invitation, with Vladimir Zelensky firing off a series of angry social media posts accusing NATO of weakness and cowardice.