Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced successful negotiations with NATO countries regarding the supply of new air defence systems.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that he has received NATO's assessment of Ukraine's implementation of the NATO-Ukraine Annual National Programme (ANP).

Ukraine's statement that full NATO membership is the only acceptable format for security guarantees does not contradict the existing security agreements between Ukraine and its partner states.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that Ukraine is not pushing for NATO membership during the war, taking into account the stance of certain member states.

NATO partners have positively received Kyiv's request for a substantial number of air defence systems to safeguard nuclear and other critical infrastructure.

NATO data has confirmed that Russian troops' rapid advance has accelerated many times over the recent period, but Alliance analysts expect this process to slow down after the town of Pokrovsk if the Russians succeed in capturing it.

Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's Foreign Minister, stated that the country has learnt a painful lesson from the hopes for the Budapest Memorandum and that mistakes of this nature cannot be made again.

Ukraine is requesting NATO countries to find a way to provide at least 20 air defence systems to effectively counter Russia's airstrikes.

The North Atlantic Alliance believes Russia's calculation is flawed and is convinced that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed that the partners hear Ukraine's calls for membership and are not backing down from their plans, but they have a different goal at the December meeting of the Alliance.

On the day of the NATO ministerial meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine published its official position on possible security guarantees that could be seen as a deterrent against Russian aggression.

NATO foreign ministers will begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday, 3 December, with the situation in the Russo-Ukrainian war set to be one of the key topics.

Major General Christian Freuding, Head of the Planning Staff and the Special Task Force for Ukraine at Germany's Federal Ministry of Defence, has stated that Germany sees signs that the Russian army is aiming to achieve capabilities by 2029 to conduct new aggression, including against NATO member states.

An additional meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, also known as the Ramstein format, may take place in December, with one of the options being talks at the highest level.

Ukraine will receive two IRIS-T short– and medium-range air defence systems from Germany by the end of 2024.