NATO Chief Affirms Ukraine's Place in the Alliance Amid Zelenskyy's Call for Membership

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made a surprise visit to Kyiv, where he paid his respects to soldiers who had died fighting Russian forces and inspected Russian military equipment on display. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Stoltenberg to help drum up support for more advanced weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Stoltenberg responded by saying that discussing Ukraine's accession to NATO would be high on the agenda at the next NATO summit. Meanwhile, Russia reaffirmed its wartime goal of preventing Ukraine from joining NATO.