A new bilateral security agreement between Kyiv and London is getting mixed grades in Ukraine. Signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Jan. 12, the 16-page document spells out both countries’ intentions to work together on strengthening Ukraine’s military, defense industry, infrastructure, maritime borders, and cybersecurity for the next 10 years, unless Ukraine joins NATO before that. The U.K. also promised to provide political, economic, and humanitarian support, work to contain the organized crime that finances Moscow’s aggression, and help Ukraine restore its territorial integrity.
The Kyiv Security Forum on Oct. 23 will feature a presentation of the Atlantic Council's appeal to U.S. President Joe Biden to back Ukraine's accession to NATO.
Russian forces are closing in on Kyiv in a 17-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, with loud large explosions heard in the Ukrainian capital, after the first round of peace talks ended with no immediate agreement.
Dozens of people have been killed in mass shelling in Kharkiv, the Ukrainian interior ministry says, as fierce fighting continues into the fifth day of the conflict.