Nato will vow to keep pouring weapons into Ukraine, but membership off table

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg takes part in an interview in Ottawa, Ontario (Sean Kilpatrick/AP)

Nato leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away.

US President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet in Washington for a three-day summit beginning on Tuesday to mark the military alliance’s 75th anniversary as Russian troops press their advantage along Ukraine’s eastern front in the third year of the war.