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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Ankara

Nato should let Ukraine join to ‘make all of us stronger’, says Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy holds two microphones that are placed on a lectern, as he speaks against a blue backdrop
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was speaking at Nato’s defence industry forum in Ankara, Turkey. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has argued for Ukraine to be allowed to join Nato at its annual summit – saying it would be wrong to exclude a country that had built up strong defences in its long struggle against the Russian invasion.

The Ukrainian president said his country had developed almost all the weapons it needed, and now only required European help in developing an alternative to the US Patriots to protect against ballistic missile attack.

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