Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Swedish PM to seek parliament’s support for joining Nato – live

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said Russia’s offensive in Donbas had stalled and Ukraine could win the war, an outcome few military analysts predicted at the outset of the conflict.

Stolenberg told reporters on Sunday:

Russia’s war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow had planned.

It follows moves by Finland and Sweden to apply to join Nato. Both countries have maintained strict policies of neutrality then non-alignment since the end of the second world war, viewing Nato membership as a provocation of Moscow.

Nato and the United States said they were confident both countries would be accepted into the alliance and that reservations from Turkey, which wants the Nordic countries to halt support for Kurdish militant groups present on their territory, could be overcome.