NATO chief rules out Ukraine's accession until conflict ends

Combat engineers inspect a damaged Russian tank installed as a symbol of war in central Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2023. [AP Photo]

NATO will not accept Ukraine as a member until the end of the conflict, the bloc's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.

He made the statement during a public lecture at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, reported the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency on Friday.