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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 7, 2022. In the rare public recording of a discussion between two world leaders, Macron tries to convince the Russian president to &quot;calm things down&quot; in the region. But all his suggestions reach a dead end on Putin's side. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Film reveals Macron’s diplomatic bids amid war in Ukraine

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A customer pays for vegetables at the Maravillas market in Madrid, on May 12, 2022. Inflation figures for Europe will be released Friday, July 1, 2022, as Russia's war in Ukraine has worsened the worldwide surge in consumer prices. For months, inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro has risen at the fastest pace since record-keeping for the currency began. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Inflation hits record 8.6% for 19 countries using the euro

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Live updates | Putin warns on NATO troops in Sweden, Finland

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waits for the start of a group photo at the G7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Johnson’s move to rewrite Brexit rules clears 1st hurdle

By Sylviai Hui - Associated Press

Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 16, 2022. Britain is pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc European Union. Legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern Ireland is scheduled to get its first major House of Commons debate on Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

U.K. presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the ruins of the sports complex of the National Technical University in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 24, 2022, damaged during a night shelling. The building received significant damage. A fire broke out in one part but firefighters managed to put it out. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukrainians cheer nation’s EU candidacy amid wartime woes

By Francesca Ebel and John Leicester - Associated Press

An employee of the Romanian grain handling operator Comvex oversees the unloading of Ukrainian cereals from a barge in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. While Romania has vocally embraced the ambitious goal of turning into a main hub for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine, economic experts and port operators in the country warn that it was much easier objective to set than to actually achieve. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain

By Vadim Ghirda - Associated Press

From right, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and French President Emmanuel Macron address a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 23, 2022. The European Union's leaders have agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a potentially years long process that could draw the embattled country further away from Russia's influence and bind it more closely to the West. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Ukraine gets EU invite, in rebuke to Putin

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A member of protocol sets out EU and other flags prior to arrivals for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Leaders of the EU's 27 member states gather in Brussels for a two day meeting at which they will discuss granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova as well as meeting with Western Balkan countries. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Moldova, tiny, poor and bordering Ukraine, gets EU candidacy

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

People build a model of the business tower Lakhta Centre, at the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, filling the frame with stones, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 9, 2022. It's not a summer heat wave that's making European leaders and businesses sweat. It's fear that Russia's manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

What’s next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?

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Why Ukraine’s request to join is big test for EU

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French President Emmanuel Macron meets Belgian NATO forces at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, near Constanta, Romania, Wednesday, June 15 2022. France has around 500 soldiers deployed in Romania and has been a key player in NATO's bolstering of forces on the alliance's eastern flank following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

Macron hints of Ukraine visit to carry ‘message of support’

By Stephen McGrath and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Demonstrators protest outside Hillsborough Castle, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Britain’s government is expected to introduce legislation that would unilaterally change post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland amid opposition from lawmakers who believe the move violates international law. The legislation, expected Monday, June 13, 2022, would let the government bypass the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which requires the inspection of some goods shipped there from other parts of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

U.K. to introduce law unilaterally changing post-Brexit rules

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Ludmila Telehyna, 73, looks into a neighbor's appartment in the building where she lives, damaged in an overnight missile strike, in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates |Russian missile hits western Lviv; 5 injured

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ukrainian tanks move in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | Biden explains providing Ukraine with rockets

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Hungary’s Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen on a screen, left, as he speaks from Kyiv during an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU bans most Russia oil imports in big bid to punish Moscow

By Lorne Cook and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, arrives for the extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. European Union leaders will gather Monday in a fresh show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders agree to watered-down compromise on Russia energy sanctions

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen on a screen, left, as addresses from Kyiv during an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. European Union leaders will gather Monday in a fresh show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU leaders reach compromise on additional Russian oil embargo

By Lorne Cook and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, Andrii Deshchytsia, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 20, 2022. Ukraine's ambassador to neighboring Poland says his country is grateful for the welcome that Poles have given to millions of Ukrainians, but hopes the European Union will soon release billions of euros to Poland so that helping those fleeing the war does not come “at the cost of the Polish people.” Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia said that while there have been no real social tensions in the three months since Ukrainians began crossing into Poland seeking safety, he worries they could appear in the future given how much Poland has done. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Poles need EU funds as they help Ukrainians, ambassador says

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press