Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Ukraine is formally requesting rapid accession to the NATO military alliance.
“We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine’s accelerated membership application to NATO,” he said in a video on Telegram.
The video shows Zelensky announcing the decision and signing a document alongside his prime minister and the speaker of parliament.
“Ukraine is ready for negotiations, but with a different Russian president,” Zelensky said.
The announcement came after Vladimir Putin signed the annexation of four regions of Ukrainian territory to Russia on Friday.
Moscow declares that the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, largely or partially occupied by Russian forces or supported by Russia, are part of Russia.
The movement intensifies the war that has been going on for seven months and starts a new, unpredictable phase of the confrontation.
Source: CNN Brasil
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