Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato ‘waiting for Trump’ over key decision as Putin’s planes ‘stole children’
Some Nato members are waiting for Donald Trump to enter the White House before they make a decision on Ukraine joining the alliance, Latvian foreign minister Baiba Braze has said.
Kyiv has urged Nato foreign ministers to issue an invitation at a meeting in Brussels this week, but movement appears unlikely amid opposition from some capitals and the transition in Washington.
Mr Trump has said he will end Russia’s war with Ukraine in a day, but his team’s plans for Ukraine policy remain unclear.
“Everybody is waiting for the new US administration to start working,” Ms Braze told Reuters. “That is one aspect that is said or unsaid – but it’s a reality.”
Meanwhile, a new report has found Russia took children away from occupied Ukrainian territories using Vladimir Putin’s presidential aircraft and funds.
At least 314 Ukrainian children were taken to Russia in the early months of the war in Ukraine in a Kremlin-funded programme, according to a report by Yale’s School of Public Health set to be presented to the UN security council today.
Mr Putin is already wanted on arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for the alleged war crime of deportation of Ukrainian children
