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The hero leader is due to hold showdown talks with coalition leaders at their summit in Lithuanian capital Vilnius tomorrow while battle rages in his homeland.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had said he wanted Nato leaders to ‘reaffirm’ its commitment to Kyiv joining the alliance.

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

France offers longer-range missiles to Kyiv as Nato summit gets underway in Vilnius; Stoltenberg cautions Russia over its nuclear rhetoric

The US will send the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

Nato leaders are meeting to discuss how to tackle security threats from Moscow

As NATO members, in a rare sign disunity, disagree over the United States' decision to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine, the military alliance is expected to drop a major hurdle to Kyiv's bid for membership at a meeting in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says alliance will issue invitation after ‘conditions are met’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Vilnius Tuesday that the Alliance will extend an invitation to Ukraine to join when "members agree and conditions are met". The lack of a timetable for Ukraine's membership pathway angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who before arriving in Vilnius earlier…