NATO membership would have prevented the war: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking to French University Sciences Po, said the war with Russia would have been prevented if his country had been member of NATO beforehand.

"If Ukraine had been part of NATO before the war, there would have been no war", Zelenskyy told students via video link.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said the risk of seeing Ukraine become member of NATO warranted the invasion of its neighbour that started more than two months ago.