Ukraine’s president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called “victory plan” after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is not welcome by some Western partners,

Scholz in the interview reaffirmed his stance that the Ukraine-Russia conflict must not escalate into a direct war between Russia and NATO.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Berlin has eased its scepticism about Ukraine's accession to NATO. Source: Zelenskyy in a conversation with journalists on Monday, as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy said it was a fact that the German side was sceptical about Ukraine's accession to NATO,