Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky predicted in a Sunday interview with NBC News that Russian President Vladimir Putin will launch an "invasion" of North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO) countries and has been waiting for the "weakening" of the military alliance as the United States signals a lack of support.

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