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Leader of the European Solidarity party, the fifth president of Ukraine (2014-19), Petro Poroshenko, during his speech at the 15th annual Kyiv Security Forum, founded by the Open Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation, said that the NATO summit in Vilnius should not repeat the mistake of Bucharest-2008 and announce the invitation of Ukraine to the Alliance, the European Solidarity said on its website on Friday.

Fighting continues in Sudan's Darfur region despite ceasefire, while US and Saudi observers emphasise need for greater adherence to the agreement.

Ukraine’s path to NATO may turn out to be more difficult than to the European Union.

State Counsellor of the Romanian Prime Minister for Foreign Relations, Security and Strategic Affairs Iulian Chifu has said that Ukraine's victory in the war against Russia will lead the latter to democratization.

The security of Finland and all of Europe is linked to the security of Ukraine, Director of the Finnish Institute for Foreign Affairs Mika Aaltola said.

John Herbst, Director of the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine in 2003-2006, believes that Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons deter the USA from accepting Ukraine into NATO.

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO in 2013-17, General Douglas Lute, proposed the creation of the Ukraine–NATO Council before Ukraine join the Alliance, and also stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine today is the most equipped army in Europe with the greatest combat experience.

Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command (2008-2010), former Director of the Central Intelligence Department, General David Petraeus has said he is confident that Ukraine's counteroffensive will be successful.

The presence of NATO troops in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine could stop Russia from committing further crimes, President of the Center for Study and Research of Political Decisions (France), senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (SEPA) Nicolas Tenzer said.

The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a smuggler along the India-Bangladesh border. Gold coins worth nearly 3 crores were recovered from his truck.