NATO member states, especially Europeans, should aim for a coalition of the willing to send troops to Ukraine, consisting of a core group of the U.K., France, Germany and Poland, with support by the United States.

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation to Kyiv at a meeting in Brussels next week to join the Western military alliance, according to the text of a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that the parts of Ukraine under his control should be taken "under the Nato umbrella" to try and stop the "hot phase" of the war. He was asked by Sky News whether he would accept Nato membership, but only on the territory that Kyiv currently holds.