"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.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a phone call with his US counterpart Joe Biden, discussing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, bilateral ties, and Sweden's NATO bid.
Meanwhile, as Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 20th month, the chairperson of the Russian Federation Council proposed the creation of a Ministry of Happiness in the country
Medvedev is of the view that a new world order is emerging in which Russia along with China and India would play key roles. Ukraine, unlike the Russian army, does not have the skills or the training to fight in severe wintry conditions. If the war continues Ukraines misery would multiply. The Putin-Medvedev assertion is well within the Primakov doctrine formulated after the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a unipolar world.
Leaders of the NATO have failed to set a timetable for Ukraine's membership of the alliance, following the first day of the NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) welcomed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan's commitment to transmit the accession protocal for Sweden to Turkey's Grand National Assembly for swift ratification.
