Zelenskyy presses case for NATO invite

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hails NATO and G7 defence packages for Kyiv but says an invitation to join the alliance “would have been ideal.”

Australia, the UK and Germany are among nations at the NATO meeting to have promised further military aid to Ukraine.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the “biggest risk” in the Ukraine war is Russian President Vladimir Putin “winning”.

Moscow launched a new wave of drone attacks on Kyiv for a second night, according to Ukraine military officials who urged residents to stay in shelters until the raids stopped.