Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says comments by the country's ambassador to the UK suggesting it could be "flexible" on its ambition to join Nato were "taken out of context".

The ministry says the prospect of joining the Western military alliance remains "enshrined in the constitution".

"The key for our country is a security guarantee and the best guarantee would be the immediate joining of Nato," it adds.


Ukraine will keep seeking NATO membership - Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country will keep seeking Nato membership despite Russian opposition and scepticism from some Western leaders.

In a news conference alongside Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday, Zelensky adds that "many journalists and many leaders are hinting a little to Ukraine that it is possible not to take risks, not to constantly raise the issue of future membership in the alliance, because these risks are associated with the reaction of the Russian Federation".

"I believe that we should move along the path we have chosen," he says.

The remarks come after the Ukraine's ambassador to the UK backtracked on earlier comments he had made to the BBC, in which he said Ukraine was willing to be "flexible" on its ambition to join Nato.

It is clear that there is division between the Ukrainian leaders and even their allies.