KYIV, Feb 28 – NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance in the long term perspective, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.

"NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that that is a long term perspective, what is the issue now is to ensure that Ukraine prevail as a sovereign, independent nation, and therefore we need to support Ukraine," he said at a press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Helsinki, the NATO press service reported.