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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

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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

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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

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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

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Erdogan has reiterated that Ukraine and Russia appear to be making progress on four issues being negotiated for an end of the fighting but differences remain on two other key issues. Speaking to a group of reporters on his return from a NATO summit late Thursday, March 24, 2022, Erdogan said Kyiv has expressed readiness to give up on its wish to join NATO, is ready to accept Russian as an official language, and can also accept "certain concessions" concerning disarmament and "collective security." (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, FILE)

Turkish leader Erdogan pours cold water on NATO membership for Finland, Sweden

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A boy from Siversk looks though the window of a bus during evacuation near Lyman, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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Reservists of the Karelia Brigade shoot with live rounds during the Etel'-Karjala 22 (South Karelia 22) local defence exercise in Taipalsaari, south-eastern Finland, on March 9, 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. (Lauri Heno/Lehtikuva via AP)

Russia fumes as NATO leaders welcome Finland bid to join alliance

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Reservists of the Karelia Brigade shoot with live rounds during the Etel'-Karjala 22 (South Karelia 22) local defence exercise in Taipalsaari, south-eastern Finland, on March 9, 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. (Lauri Heno/Lehtikuva via AP)

Why Finland, Sweden joining NATO will be big deal

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press