"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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his visiting Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda attended a church service in the northwestern city of Lutsk.
US lawmakers, pushing a legislation that seeks to fast-track the sale of arms and weapons to India with the same speed as those meant for close allies, have stopped talking it up as a “NATO Plus” arrangement in a nod to New Delhi’s skittishness about being perceived as an ally.
If countries can forget their differences, their people will prosper, which is the objective of any governance. Imagine what could happen when a common government can attract ideas from billions of citizens, channel their creativity for innovation and direct their energies for development it could usher in a world beyond the wildest of our imagination. If nations can forge alliances to promote regional integration, scaling it up to be continental integration and finally to a world government, where every country retains their uniqueness yet is guided by a common agenda driven by such a government, we can become what scientists have called a Type-I civilisation
US Secretary of Defence Austin's visit to India comes a fortnight before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to the US during which defence accords are expected to be signed between the two countries.
Finland on April 4 this year became NATO's newest member upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the United States at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
