President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has presented his Victory Plan to the Ukrainian parliament for the first time. The full details of the plan had not been disclosed until now.

A central element of the plan is Ukraine's invitation to NATO before the war ends. The other points include arguments for why this would be beneficial for NATO and a list of steps that partners should take to help bring about victory.

Kyiv hopes to receive this invitation within the coming months. Even if ratification of the NATO accession agreement takes longer, the mere invitation would be a strategic defeat for Russia, according to Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Ukrainian Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee, speaking to LIGA.net.

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