Kyiv says it accepts that it cannot join the alliance until the war is over but extending an invitation now would show Putin that he could not achieve one of his main goals - preventing Kyiv from becoming a Nato member. "The invitation should not be seen ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged the possibility of Ukraine signing a "ceasefire agreement" if the Ukrainian-controlled territory is brought "under the NATO umbrella". Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Sky News;

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way".