Nato leaders will grapple with Ukraine's membership ambitions at their summit today
NATO LEADERS WILL grapple with Ukraine’s membership ambitions at their summit today, their determination to face down Russia boosted by a breakthrough in Sweden’s bid to join the alliance.
The Western military alliance is set to offer its full-throated backing for Kyiv’s quest for victory, but its 31 nations are divided over how far to go on letting Ukraine join their ranks. But the alliance is offering Kyiv a branch by simplifying its eventual accession bid and dropping a requirement that it complete a formal road map of reforms.
Early today, Ukrainian officials said Russia had targeted Kyiv and the western port city of Odesa in a overnight drone attack. Drone wreckage had been located in the Kyiv region and some windows and outbuildings had been damaged, the interior ministry said, adding there was no immediate information on casualties.NATO overhaul The biggest war in Europe since World War II has propelled NATO into the most sweeping overhaul of its defences since the end of the Cold War.
Turkey backs Sweden But more than 500 days into the conflict, Putin is facing a greater NATO presence lined up against Russia.
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