"This would not have happened if Ukraine had received sufficient air defence and if the world had been determined enough to counter Russian terror," Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
In an era marked by geopolitical turbulence, one nation stands out as a persistent source of global concern ~ Russia, under the iron grip of President Vladimir Putin.
At present, NATO has eight battalion-size battlegroups, which can repel a possible Russian attack on the alliance's eastern flank, he added.
Zakharova said that Moscow will choose which measures it will take, including military-technical ones, to curb threats to Russia's national security, Xinhua news agency reported.
The presence of Western troops in Ukraine in any form would lead to a "direct escalation" of the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"They have not yet fulfilled their commitments made in the documents (to join NATO)," Cavusoglu told the annual Ambassadors' Conference, which was held in the capital Ankara to discuss the Turkish foreign policy.
The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, with the resolution gaining the support of 95 senators.
Putin said in a speech during the parade that the doctrine openly outlines the boundaries and zones of Russia's national interests.
Last year, despite the pandemic related slowdown, the defense spending went up by an impressive 15 per cent, from the previous year.
Notwithstanding the risk — still remote, but hard to ignore — of a potential nuclear conflagration in Europe, the main Western adversarial focus appears to be on China.
