Ukraine's leader pushes for fuller NATO embrace, advanced weaponry

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to fight Russia's invasion, as the leaders of the alliance met amid what its chief called its biggest crisis since World War II.

Russia's invasion of its neighbour shattered Europe's peace, drove NATO to pour troops and weapons into eastern Europe on a scale not seen since the Cold War and is set to give the defence organisation two new members in Sweden and Finland.

Members of the alliance have also sent billions in military and civilian aid to Ukraine. But Zelenskyy lamented that NATO's open-door policy to new members did not apply to Ukraine.

The open-door policy of NATO shouldn't resemble old turnstiles on Kyiv's subway, which stay open but close when you approach them until you pay, Zelenskyy said by video link. Hasn't Ukraine paid enough?