Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared his country would be submitting an "accelerated" bid to join NATO on Friday.A Myriad of analysts point to Kiev’s growing ties with Brussels and Washington as the catalyst for Putin’s decision to order the invasion of Ukraine.However, he stopped short of suggesting Kiev will be admitted into the alliance any time soon and stressed, "NATO is not a party to" the war in Ukraine.According to Politico’s Alex Ward, Sullivan said Ukraine’s NATO status should be taken up “at a different time."NATO members have refused to fight Russia directly and instead provided tens of billions in weapons supporting Kiev’s war effort."