Ukraine urges NATO to set up membership path
By DW
11 April 2021 |
4:41 pm
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says NATO should speed up Ukraine's path toward membership, arguing that there is no other way to prevent further conflict in the eastern Donbass region.
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