Russia-Ukraine war live | NATO to send ‘positive message’ to Kyiv
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine will get a “positive message on the path to membership”, as leaders of the alliance meet in Lithuania.
Hours before the start of the summit in Vilnius, Russia conducted overnight air raids on Kyiv with Iranian-made Shahed drones; Ukraine says it shot them all down.
On the eve of the summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled support for Sweden’s entry into NATO after resisting for months.
By increasing arms supplies to Ukraine, Washington is shunning a diplomatic solution, Russia’s RIA news agency cited a senior Russian diplomat as saying.