Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Ukraine should be granted the security of NATO without the actual membership in the military alliance.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suggested extending NATO's Article 5 collective security protections to Ukraine without granting the country full membership in the Alliance on the sidelines of the EU leaders' meeting in Brussels.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed extending the application of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to Ukraine without its official accession to NATO. She believes this would provide long-term and effective security for Ukraine.