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Making Ukraine a member of Nato would send the powerful message to Putin that the West, like the Kremlin, can act with confidence on the world stage, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
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Europe is taking baby steps towards walking away from America and ending the Russian threat against its democracies. Tuesday’s meeting of the coalition of the willing, joined by Nato’s Mark Rutte, is further evidence of that. But the time has come to take giant leaps for mankind.






