A top EU policy chief has criticised ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine while questioning why Russia should get "what they want". Ahead of Ukrainian President Zelensky and President Donald Trump's highly anticipated meeting to discuss terms on ending the war between Ukraine and Russia,

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has emphasised that NATO membership is the only effective security guarantee for Ukraine. Source: Kallas in an interview with AFP during a visit to Washington,

European officials knew the president’s win would threaten the fundamental precepts of the post-World War II order. But the speed at which it is unraveling has created a crisis of enormous proportions.