The European Union’s leaders have agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a potentially yearslong process that could draw the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West.
NATO Chief Says Sweden, Finland Should Join ‘as Soon as Possible'; Scholz Aims to Discuss ‘Marshall Plan' for Ukraine
Ukraine has long aspired to join NATO, too, but the military alliance is not about to offer an invitation, in part because of governmental corruption, shortcomings in the country's defense establishment, and its contested borders.
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