President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by telephone with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy noted that he thanked Rutte for holding a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Brussels at the level of foreign ministers.

Zelenskyy said a NATO invitation must recognize all of Ukraine's territory as its own, but Article 5 need not apply to areas captured by Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says an offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv’s control would end “the hot stage of the war” in Ukraine, but any proposal to join the military allian