Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has just taken a dangerous turn, with an increasingly desperate Vladimir Putin making a terrifying move.

The bloc’s secretary general says Kiev will not have to go through the Membership Action Plan, unlike other candidates.

Kiev is not yet ready for NATO membership, the US leader told CNN

Jens Stoltenberg, who was due to vacate his post in September, tweeted that he will lead the military bloc until October 1, 2024

Newsweek reached out to NATO for comment via its online press form.

In an interview, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says the alliance must press its members to spend more on defense if Russia is to be contained

The French president was applauded for hitting several popular policy notes in the east.

French President Emmanuel Macron said at a security conference in the Slovakian capital on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin had jolted NATO awake by invading Ukraine last year. Macron also called on the West to offer Ukraine "tangible and credible" security guarantees as it battles the Russian invasion.

A prominent Chinese ambassador has given tacit approval for President Vladimir Putin’s plans to re-establish Russia’s lost empire.

A high ranking Russian official has exploded at a gesture from the US, warning the superpower that Moscow “will find ways to respond”.

But with Russia and Ukraine fighting for advantage on the battlefield, neither is interested in talks for now

The Chinese president will arrive in Moscow next Monday and stay for three days, both sides have confirmed

Incident has sparked concerns that U.S. and Russia could be brought closer to direct conflict

European Command says a Reaper UAV was damaged in an encounter with two Su-27s

Ambiguity has held Kyiv’s allies together so far – but it will divide them when the conflict’s final stages approach.
 

Ukraine war overshadows gathering of top diplomats, with Russia and China rejecting a collective condemnation of the invasion

One year into the war that Russia launched against Ukraine, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the anti-Western rhetoric President Vladimir Putin used to justify the conflict, which is rooted in events in the early 2000s, according to historian Françoise Thom, an expert on post-Communist Russia. 

On eve of Ukraine invasion anniversary Russian leader says China relations ‘proceeding as planned’

Civilians in Donbass suffered while Kiev’s backers pretended they wanted to resolve the conflict peacefully, the Russian president claimed

The US president has previously ruled out such a visit, saying he will travel to Poland but would not go further