Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges NATO to open a path to membership at the NATO Defence Industry Forum in Ankara and says he will seek a license from US President Donald Trump to share Patriot missile technology while pressing for a European anti‑ballistic alternative.He presents Ukraine as a security provider with mass‑produced drones, near‑complete domestic armaments and recent deep strikes into Russian territory, and he cites attacks on refineries and Crimean energy infrastructure after heavy Russian missile barrages that killed at least 18 people in Kyiv.NATO Secretary General
Mark Rutte and alliance officials acknowledge Ukrainian gains, report heavy Russian casualties, announce more than $50B in new arms deals among members and call for accelerated production of interceptors even as admitting a country at war with a nuclear‑armed
Russia remains politically difficult.