European Union
Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO — until Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested to join the European Union this week as Russia wages war on his country.
The interpreter struggled to hold back tears as Ukraine's president vowed his country would not be broken by the Russian invasion.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted photos of himself signing the EU application.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The warning came as the European Union said it will impose a blanket flight ban on all Russian planes.
The European Union is closing its airspace to Russian airlines, and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to supply weapons to Ukraine.
The plans to purchase and deliver weapons would be a first by the 27-nation bloc.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stood defiant against Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of his country.
He was at his strongest when he took up the cause of migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean or dissidents such as Alexei Navalny, who is taking on the Kremlin from a jail cell.
The head of the European Union’s executive branch says omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January.