Finland and Sweden have submitted their applications to join NATO.
It is now official. Finland and Sweden submitted their applications for NATO membership on Wednesday, as consultations are underway between the Allies to lift Turkey’s opposition to the integration of the two Nordic countries into the Alliance.
“This is a historic moment at a critical moment for our security,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who received the membership applications submitted by the ambassadors of two countries. “We hope to quickly conclude” the process, he added.
Gamlet, street artist “ordered” to paint in Kharkiv
Making people forget the war through art. Gamlet Zinkivsky is a renowned Ukrainian street artist who decided to stay in Kharkiv, his hometown, to “paint the walls” devastated by the Russian army. Black bulletproof vest adorned with the Khartia Battalion crest, a tourniquet for making tourniquets and… two markers, one black and one white: this is the latter’s “work equipment”.
35 years old, impeccable bald head, clear eyes, four silver rings on his left hand, Gamlet was in Kharkiv at the start of the Russian attack, spent a night sheltered in the metro and then ten days in the house of her parents, safer, before taking refuge with part of her family in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine little affected by the war.
It was then that he received a phone call from the commander of the Khartia battalion, a friend who told him: “You have been in Ivano-Frankivsk for too long. We need you here. You have to paint”, assures Gamlet . He says he accepted “the order with joy” and “now signs all his paintings with his name and that of the battalion. I have complete freedom to paint what I want where I want”.
First war crime trial since Russian invasion begins Wednesday
The first trial for war crime since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine will begin this Wednesday, May 18 in kyiv. Vadim Chichimarine is accused of shooting a Kalashnikov through the window of a car in which he was traveling, shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian who was unarmed.
>> Our full article
Ukrainian defense minister says war is entering ‘protracted phase’
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Tuesday that the war with Moscow was entering a “protracted phase”, the Russians seeking full control of the Donbass region and to occupy the South.
“Russia is preparing for a long-term military operation,” he told European Union (EU) Defense Ministers and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
>> Our full article
Hello everyone!
Welcome to this direct dedicated to the 84th day of war in Ukraine.