The leaders of the Nato member states have convened in Ankara. Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky was among the guests and reaffirmed his country’s desire to join the alliance. In view of the many challenges Nato faces, commentators take a positive view of the results of the meeting so far. Green light for surge in defence investmentJOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. This Nato summit will go down in the annals of history, România liberă declares (Romania): “The eastern flank is no longer seen as a peripheral region but as one of the alliance’s most important lines of defence. The discussions about the Black Sea, drone defence and joint procurement show that the region is becoming increasingly important in Nato’s planning. Historians may not remember the Ankara summit for its final declaration. ... They will remember it as the moment when Nato recognised that security can no longer be achieved through political guarantees alone, but that it requires genuine investment, a competitive [defence] industry and the capacity for rapid production.” Kyiv’s strategic upgrade Nato has upgraded its assessment of Ukraine, writes European Pravda, citing the resolutions from the Ankara summit known to its editorial team at this point (Ukraine): “The summit’s concluding declaration will for the first time officially recognise Ukraine as a ‘security contributor’ – meaning that it is capable of increasing security in Nato territory. This description had been avoided by the alliance until now, and it is one of the key criteria used to determine whether a state is eligible to join the military bloc. The US has also approved this description, confirming that Trump’s stance on Ukraine is gradually shifting.”