Context: Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, through spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi, made this on-record rebuttal on August 5, 2026, two days after Zaluzhnyi's remarks. It accurately describes the government's position: no formal change to Ukraine's stated accession course has been made. Recorded as the institutional answer paired with the Zaluzhnyi voice, and as a dated anchor to check future NATO declarations and any later shift in Kyiv's stance against.