Ukraine invited to Hague NATO summit

Ukraine has been invited to a NATO summit in The Hague this month, Mark Rutte, the military bloc's chief, said on Wednesday, without specifying whether this meant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would attend, Reuters reports.

"I invited Ukraine to the summit. We will as soon as possible bring out the programme with more details," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters before a meeting with defence ministers in Brussels, according to Reuters.

Asked whether Zelenskiy personally had been invited, Rutte only said the programme would be published in due course.