Such an expansion of the military alliance would leave Russia surrounded by NATO countries in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic and would amount to a stinging setback for Putin, whose efforts to divide and roll back NATO in Europe have backfired.
Pushback could signal shift in the momentum of the war. Ukraine shuts down pipeline carrying Russian gas across country to Western Europe, disrupting the westward flow of one of Moscow's most lucrative exports.
The pint-size Jack Russell terrier has been credited with detecting over 200 explosives and preventing their detonation since the start of the war on Feb. 24, quickly becoming a canine symbol of Ukrainian patriotism.
The Russian military is ill-prepared for the Ukraine war, Marat Gabidullin says. Ukrainian military makes gains in east, stops Russian gas at one hub. World Health Organization members pass resolution against Moscow.
"Combined with the reality that Putin faces a mismatch between his ambitions and Russia's current conventional military capabilities, likely means the next few months could see us moving along a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory," Avril Haines tells US lawmakers.
The French president urges the establishment of an alternative bloc, warning that it could take "several decades" before Ukraine meets the criteria to join the EU.
Russia pounds Odesa as civilian bodies uncovered elsewhere. Biden signs act to streamline aid to Ukraine. US Congress plans nearly $40 billion more in aid to the war-torn country, with COVID budget to wait. United Hatzalah founder brings medical supplies to Ukraine, sees volunteer team on ground.
NGO Monitor claims the Akevot movement, which claims to promote "peacebuilding efforts" but is allegedly dedicated to cementing the Palestinian narrative, has received $503,320 from the Swiss government since 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is "in a frame of mind in which he doesn't believe he can afford to lose," William Burns says. G7 nations move to phase out Russian oil imports; Canada to send Kiyv additional military aid.
This is the third consecutive year in which the parliament has condemned the Palestinian Authority’s textbooks.