Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out peace talks or a ceasefire unless Ukraine drops its bid to join the 32-member alliance.
Hungary's top diplomat on Tuesday warned that NATO membership for Ukraine would spark World War III.During a press briefing in Budapest following a Hungarian-Serbian Joint Economic Commission meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto observed that the conflict would be triggered by the NATO members' mutual self-defense clause, per a foreign ministry statement cited by local media.
, in July, NATO leaders said they will 'continue to support it on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership.' Ukraine will be invited to join the grouping once it completes the required economic, security and democratic reforms and member states agree on its ascension, the statement said.
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