NATO plans to hand over a security assistance package to Ukraine during the Alliance’s annual summit this summer in Washington. However, it is expected that NATO will not grant Ukraine’s long-standing request for membership in the Alliance amid the Russian invasion, citing Defense News. According to US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith, in addition to the announcement of the aid package, about 32 countries have signed several bilateral agreements to support Ukraine before the summit, of which 13 have already been completed. “Allies will be putting forward a whole package of deliverables that w…