Ukraine’s entry into NATO remains highly unlikely in the near term due to substantial political, military, and legal bar

Kyiv has now expressed readiness to drop its bid to join the NATO military alliance if the U.S. and other Western nations give it similar security guarantees.

The United States, Ukraine and major European countries have reached consensus on 90 percent of terms for a deal to end Ukraine’s war with Russia, two senior U.S. officials said Monday, but

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to give up on demands for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe, in a move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin on Sunday.

Ukraine is not currently part of Nato, but Zelensky has consistently called for his country to be welcomed into the alliance.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told ABC News during an exclusive interview in Moscow on Monday that he believes the warring parties are close to a deal.

Ukraine claimed it carried out an underwater drone strike on Dec. 15, the first such attack in maritime warfare, that critically damaged a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine at the Russian port of Novorossiysk,

In a major shift for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered to drop his country’s bid to join NATO, as part of a compromise to end the war with Russia. Instead, Mr Zelenskyy wants security guarantees from the US,