What NATO has been doing for many years is to support an independent, sovereign European state, Ukraine, and the only one responsible for Russia's brutal war against Ukraine is Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Giving Ukraine the EU candidate status can historically strengthen freedom in Europe and become one of the key European decisions in the early 21st century.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is looking for new ways to intimidate Europe and capture more Ukrainian land, and it does not want peace.
The Defence Ministry delivered more than 33,000 bulletproof vests, 19,000 helmets, 13,500 pairs of shoes, and over 22,000 sets of uniform to the Armed Forces of Ukraine within a week.
The Russians are resettling the families of their servicemen to the temporarily occupied territories, where they expropriate real estate property of Ukrainians who have fled the occupation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv.
In a decision adopted in the light of a report by Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Committee of Ministers has condemned human rights violations committed by the Russian occupying authorities, against ethnic Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars and other residents of temporarily occupied Crimea.
An additional security assistance package for Ukraine, totaling $1 billion, approved by U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday, includes Harpoon anti-ship missile systems, HIMARS ammunition, additional M777 howitzers, and many more.