Zelenskyy told reporters Wednesday that he thinks Ukraine can defeat Russia within one year.
Few experts predict that Ukraine can achieve victory over Russia quickly, if at all.
NATO said in 2008 that Ukraine could join at a future date, but declined its September 2022 request for "fast-track" membership.
Earlier in the summit Zelenskyy decried the lack of a defined timeline as "unprecedented and absurd."
Experts previously told Insider that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine that could end the war remain a distant prospect.
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