Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský commented on the statement made by Keith Kellogg, the special representative of US President Donald Trump, regarding the US being ready to promise Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine will not join NATO.

A direct NATO-Russia war over Ukraine, while not deliberately sought by either side, is an increasingly plausible scenario driven by potential miscalculation, drift, and misinterpretations of resolve.

French President Emmanuel Macron struck a serious note on Friday in his address to a Shangri-La security forum in Singapore, in which he hit on some of the biggest crises spanning the globe and appeared to issue an indirect warning to President Donald Trump and China.

But two things could leave the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, presiding over a more difficult event: President Trump, who is expected to attend, is at odds with allies over Ukraine’s future. And Ukraine itself wants to join NATO, an outcome Mr. Trump opposes.