Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during the briefing after a meeting with the new EU institutional leadership, indicated that if Ukraine joins NATO, Article 5 collective security guarantees might not apply to all Ukrainian territory.

Zelenskyy said a NATO invitation must recognize all of Ukraine's territory as its own, but Article 5 need not apply to areas captured by Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says an offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv’s control would end “the hot stage of the war” in Ukraine, but any proposal to join the military allian