![]() ![]() It will be some time before Ukraine meets the entry requirements for NATO, albeit there is evidently work ongoing to develop a road-map for Ukraine accession. In principle, NATO is a defensive alliance that relies on the proactive contribution of its members to provide security guarantees. a commitment to democratic civil-military relations and institutional structures.the ability and willingness to make a military contribution to NATO operations.a commitment to the peaceful resolution of conflicts.the fair treatment of minority populations.a functioning democratic political system based on a market economy.The only requirement for any applicant is that they are able to further the principles of the founding Washington Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area.Ĭountries seeking NATO membership would therefore have to be able to demonstrate that they have fulfilled certain requirements. NATO has an "open door" policy and any European country is eligible to join. Military expert Sean Bell had this to say. They asked: "Isn't it time now to allow Ukraine to join NATO and get troops in?" The question today comes from a reader named Gilly. We've been putting your questions on the Ukraine war to our senior correspondents and experts. His parents, and contested the authority of the Moscow cityĬourt judge to try him in a penal colony 150 miles from the capital. He unsuccessfully demanded access to the courtroom for Uniform, was seen standing and speaking for three minutes. Looking gaunt with cropped hair and dressed in a black prison ![]() On the video feed at the start of the hearing, Mr Navalny, "What can be more secure than a strict-regime penalĬolony where no one is even allowed into the hall?" his Saying they had received evidence about a planned "provocation". Prosecutors had raised unspecified security concerns, The feed was later stopped, and the court spokesman said Journalists were not allowed into the room this morning, but were initially given access to a video It was announced at the IK-6 penal colony in Melekhovo, where Mr Navalny is The decision means media will be excluded from The collapse of the Russian-controlled dam on 6 June unleashed a torrent of floodwaters across southern Ukraine and Russian-controlled parts of the Kherson region, destroying homes and farmland and cutting off supplies to residents.Ĭharges of "extremism" will take place behind closed doors, a The UN has rebuked Moscow for allegedly denying its aid workers access to Russian-occupied areas affected by the dam collapse. "And therefore, they're moving some of the troops that they positioned there away further to the east where they're expecting the main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive." "They've shown no interest in helping Ukrainians - quite the opposite - but also, interestingly, I sense they also don't want outside eyes into that area, not least because there are credible reports that they're using the flood as a defence. Retired Air Marshal Edward Stringer told Sky News: "I judge that the Russians are preventing access. One expert says Moscow does not want "outside eyes into that area" and that Russia "is preventing access". ![]() Ukraine has acknowledged attacks along several parts of the 1,000km front line in its long-anticipated counteroffensive to retake the 18% of its territory occupied by Russia, but carefully controls information for security reasons.Įarlier we reported that the Kremlin said it had declined UN help in areas of Russian-held Ukraine flooded by the Kakhovka dam breach over security concerns and "other nuances" (see post at 10.57). On Telegram, she said: "In the course of two weeks of offensive operations in the Berdiansk and Melitopol directions, eight settlements were liberated." Ukraine's deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km (4.3 miles) into Russian lines in two weeks, capturing 113 square km (44 square miles) of land. He later said Moscow had pushed them out and on Monday morning he said Ukraine was attacking again. On Sunday, a Russian-installed official said Ukraine had taken control of the village, Piatykhatky, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Kyiv said on Monday that it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the front line near the most direct route to the country's Azov Sea coast. ![]()
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