Why did NATO accept Finland and Sweden into its ranks and push back Ukraine?

NATO's declaration of not inviting Ukraine to join it except "when the Allies decide to do so and when the conditions are met," raises questions about the reason for that, while Finland and Sweden have accepted the membership of NATO. Why before the "Washington Post": 170 words from Zelensky angered the American delegation at the "NATO" summit Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in April 2022, two months after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. At first Türkiye and Hungary refused to accept Sweden's membership. Türkiye accused Sweden of hosting its enemies. However, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sweden had now addressed Turkey's "legitimate security concerns," that the Turkish government would soon ask parliament to approve Sweden's request, and that the Hungarian government promised to do the same. While Finland became the 31st member of NATO on April 4, 2023, it is not known when Sweden will officially become part of the alliance. Sweden and Finland will work together to reinforce the NATO forces with more than 280,000 regular and reserve soldiers. As for Ukraine, the case dates back to 2008, when NATO announced that Kiev could join the alliance at a later date, but rejected its request in September 2022 for "fast-track" membership. Article 5 of the NATO charter states that if one member is attacked, all other members must defend it, so if Ukraine joins at the moment, under the Russian military operation, NATO countries will technically have to “declare war.” On Russia. During the "NATO" summit held yesterday in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, the members of the alliance tried to give guarantees to Kiev by asserting that "Ukraine's future is in NATO." Before the final statement was issued, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky launched a sharp attack on the alliance, describing it as "weak." ". In turn, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that the NATO countries show disagreement on the issue of Ukraine's accession to the alliance, and that they simply "abandoned" it, adding: "NATO members were dragging Ukraine to the Western world, and when Ukraine asked for help, they abandoned it." And let her down." And she said, "NATO does not include Ukraine in its ranks because the western part of Ukraine, from Poland's point of view, should belong to Poland and there is no need for Ukraine to be in NATO," noting that "if Ukraine is included in NATO, the alliance will have to recognize its borders." And that it does not serve the Polish point of view and the ambitions of Warsaw. For her part, Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas expressed her full understanding of the Ukrainian side's disappointment in the decisions of the "NATO" summit, and said, "This is all we can offer." She explained that "Ukraine cannot now become a member of the alliance due to fears of entering a war with Russia." As for the "Membership Action Plan," announced by NATO's General Jens Stoltenberg, exempting Ukraine from its procedures, it is an open program of political and military reform aimed at bringing potential "NATO" members into line with the alliance's standards. It may take years to finalize and finalize the action plan, but that does not guarantee membership in the alliance.