NATO chief Mark Rutte said Ukraine’s front line is stabilizing, praised Kyiv’s battlefield innovation, and confirmed Zelensky had been invited to NATO’s Ankara summit.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he heard "a lot of encouraging comments" from allies on support for Ukraine during a ministerial meeting of Alliance countries.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join the Alliance leaders' summit in the city of Ankara, Türkiye, in July.