Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky appeals to Nato ‘sceptics’ as US rules out giving nuclear weapons to Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the US to convince “sceptics” in Europe that Ukraine should be invited to join Nato.
For the first time the Ukrainian president indicated that Kyiv could accept Russian control over some of its territory in order to end the “hot phase of the war”, and on the condition that Ukraine joins Nato.
Any invitation to join Nato must apply to all of Ukraine’s territory, Mr Zelensky told Sky News, but he accepted its defence “umbrella” could not apply to parts of Ukraine that remain occupied by Vladimir Putin’s forces.
This came as the US said it was not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed.
“What we are doing is surging various conventional capacities to Ukraine so that they can effectively defend themselves and take the fight to the Russians, not (giving them) nuclear capability,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
Ukraine is now entering a “potentially decisive phase” in Russia’s war which will be crucial for Britain’s future security and prosperity, Sir Adam Thomson, the UK’s former representative to Nato has said.
