The question of Ukraine’s potential NATO membership remains a central, contentious issue in its ongoing war with Russia. -Moscow has consistently cited NATO expansion towards its borders as a primary justification for the 2022 invasion,

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had spoken by telephone to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and that they had discussed joint steps and the need to put pressure on Russia to secure "a just peace".

The law to shoot down drones violating Romanian airspace was initially drafted in October following a spate of Russian drones landing in the NATO member. Their target had been southern Ukraine's Odesa Oblast.