KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine was formally applying for fast\u002Dtrack membership of the NATO military alliance and that Kyiv was…
The Ukrainian leader made his comments in a video which appeared intended as a forceful rebuttal to the Kremlin after Putin held a ceremony in Moscow to proclaim four partially occupied Ukrainian regions as annexed Russian land.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The video showed Zelenskiy announcing the decision and then signing a document flanked by his prime minister and the speaker of parliament.Share this article in your social network
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