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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu scratches his head during an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NATO: Turkey urges ‘concrete steps’ from Sweden, Finland

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A woman is evacuated by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | Luhansk gov. denies Russians surround city

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on oil industry development via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia cuts gas exports to Finland

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Iryna Martsyniuk, 50, stands next to her house, heavily damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village, Ukraine, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Martsyniuk and her three young children were at home when the attack occurred in the village, a few kilometres from the front lines, but they all survived unharmed. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | Zelenskyy: Russia should pay for destruction

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A serviceman of Donetsk People's Republic militia stands guard not far from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo)

Live updates |Congress approves $40B aid package to Ukraine

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President Joe Biden accompanied by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden hosts NATO hopefuls Sweden, Finland at White House

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a joint news conference in Stockholm, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Biden affirms support to Finland, Sweden for NATO

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Villagers walk past unexploded artillery shells as they collect scrap metal from a bombed warehouse in the village of Malaya Rohan, Kharkiv region, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff shake hands during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 18, 2022. Stoltenberg said that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests. (Johanna Geron/Pool via AP)

NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Jose Manuel Albares, left, Foreign Minister of Spain, Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, background left, and Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, arrive for the first session at the meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. The main topic of the informal consultations of the NATO foreign ministers is the war in Ukraine. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/AP via Pool)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Nordic NATO bids move forward, but Turkey could derail deal

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Finish President Sauli Niinisto, left, is received by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at the Adelcrantzska house in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Biden to host leaders of Sweden, Finland amid NATO bid

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo)

Mariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen walk in the forest near a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Sweden follows Finland’s lead with NATO push

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A building damaged by multiple shelling stands in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto attends the press conference on Finland's security policy decisions at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday May 15, 2022. Finlands president and government have announced that the Nordic country intends to apply for membership in NATO, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russias war in Ukraine. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtiuva via AP)

Finnish leader holds his ground on NATO in talk with Putin

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols during a reconnaissance mission in a recently retaken village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Russians stymied in Ukraine; Finland favors joining NATO

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ciaran McQuillan - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen squat during a patrol in a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Putin’s troubled war sees battlefield, diplomatic reverses

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto makes a point during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Finland appears on the cusp of joining NATO. Sweden could follow suit. By year’s end, they could stand among the alliance’s ranks. Russia’s war in Ukraine has provoked a public about face on membership in the two Nordic countries. They are already NATO’s closest partners, but should Russia respond to their membership moves they might soon need the organization’s military support. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Finland’s president to Putin: We will apply to join NATO

By Jake Tanner - Associated Press