The Ukrainian president told Sky News's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay NATO membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country in order to end the "hot phase of the war", as long as the NATO invitation itself recognises Ukraine's internationally recognised borders.

Mr Zelensky implied he would be willing to wait to regain the almost one-fifth of his country that Russia’s army has seized for such security. Read more at straitstimes.com.