A senior aide to President Biden said that the administration will leave up to the incoming Trump administration the next steps on Ukraine’s path to NATO membership, despite internal discussions on whether to push for the alliance to issue an invitation for Kyiv in the lame-duck session.

Good morning. EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas has told the Financial Times that western leaders must stop pushing Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy towards peace talks with Russia and instead ensure they are not offering “empty” security guarantees,

Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other European leaders at Mr. Rutte’s residence in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the deteriorating situation in the war with Russia and how Europe can offer more support to Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’ll reinforce his push for security guarantees at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and several European leaders in Brussels.Rutte gathered leaders from Germany,