Ukraine has achieved "a lot" in its Kursk offensive into Russia but it's hard to say how the situation will develop next, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Oslo on Thursday. "Only the Ukrainians can make the difficult choices that are needed,

The Russian president is trying to frame Ukraine's unprecedented actions on Russian soil as a futile attempt to distract his own military.

Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike on the western city of Lviv killed seven people. It also shows the risk of the war's proximity to NATO land.

Russian missiles struck Lviv in western Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens of others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba considers it possible that Ukraine will be invited to join NATO before the Alliance's summit in the Netherlands in 2025. Kuleba specified that it is not about immediate accession to the Alliance but rather an invitation that would send a signal of political clarity and certainty.

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region is a legitimate act of self-defense, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said.