Nato leaders meet to reassure allies near Russia and Ukraine

Jens Stoltenberg (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

US President Joe Biden and his Nato counterparts are seeking to reassure member countries on the alliance’s eastern flank that their security is guaranteed as Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine closes in on the capital Kyiv.

With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealing for help, Nato members ranging from Russia’s neighbour Estonia in the north down around the west of Ukraine to Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast triggered urgent consultations about their security. Only Hungary refrained.