As the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12 approaches, talks on providing security guarantees to our country are intensifying. Messaging from the European Political Community summit in Moldova, from after the NATO defense ministers' meeting in Oslo, comments by German Chancellor Scholz and US Secretary of State Blinken, and especially the Kremlin's reactions to all of these, indicate that the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine's self-defense is becoming crucial. For Ukraine's long-term interests, however, this is hardly positive. After all, where there are bilateral or multilateral security guarantees, there is less room left for Ukraine's membership in NATO, no matter who or what says otherwise.