Ukraine has called on NATO to issue an invitation to join the Alliance at the summit scheduled for December 3-4 in Brussels, according to Reuters. In a letter seen by the agency, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha addressed his NATO counterparts.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged NATO to invite Kyiv to join the alliance, as part of a plan to end Russia's war. Although understanding the current lack of consensus, Ukraine seeks a political move with NATO's invitation,

"We believe that the invitation should be extended at this stage," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a letter to his NATO counterparts.

Ukraine says it accepts that it cannot join NATO until the war is over but extending an invitation now would show Russian President Vladimir Putin that one of his main goals - pre

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on NATO counterparts to invite Kyiv to join the alliance. Although Ukraine accepts it cannot join until the war ends, an invitation would signal resistance to Russian goals.