Tensions along NATO's eastern flank are high because of the risks posed by Russian military actions near the borders of alliance member states.

Ukraine's membership of NATO is "achievable", but Kyiv will have to fight to persuade allies to make it happen, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainian diplomats in a speech on Sunday. Ukraine has repeatedly urged NATO to invite Kyiv to become a member.

VLADIMIR Putin launched a brutal missile and drone barrage on Ukraine, targeting key energy infrastructure and leaving millions in darkness during Christmas. NATO forces were put into action as

NATO’s secretary-general says he wants to discuss ways to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any future peace talks with Russia during a meeting Wednesday with Ukraine’s president and a small number of European leaders.

Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by Moscow, Washington and London when it relinquished its nuclear arsenal to Russia in 1994 were clearly worthless.

To understand recent fears about the possible escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine into a nuclear conflict, we must revisit its beginnings, where the groundwork for this crisis was laid. “I believe that NATO would not directly interference in the conflict even in this scenario,

Russian troops are likely seeking to seize a bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnipro River or one of its islands in order to transfer firepower there, Vladyslav Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Southern Command,

The funds will help upgrade Ukraine's air defenses, while also equipping the country with additional CV90 armored combat vehicles.

Ukraine’s call for the EU to investigate Slovakia PM over Robert Fico’s Moscow visit has angered Bratislava. Slovak lawmaker Richard Gluck dismissed Ukrainian President Zelensky’s demand as “absurd,” arguing that Ukraine is violating its EU agreement by obstructing energy deliveries.

Trump has said he wants to end the conflict as quickly as possible, which would seemingly entail forcing Ukraine to accept a deal more favorable to Moscow.

Ukraine has repeatedly urged Nato to invite Kyiv to become a member of the Western defence alliance. Read more at straitstimes.com.