Putin declared the annexation of four regions in eastern Ukraine in a speech on Friday. In response, Ukraine submitted an application to join the NATO Alliance. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from Reuters, foxheadlines, and AP:
of four regions in eastern Ukraine— portions of which are not fully controlled by Moscow forces— and reiterated threats to Kyiv and Western Governments of Russia’s determination to win this war at all costs. In response to this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted an application to fast-track Ukraine into the NATO Alliance.
, which if accepted, would pull the bulk of Western Europe and the United States into direct conflict with Russia underof the alliance, which deems an attack on one member an attack on all. Western leaders were vocal in their condemnation of Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian land, which was justified by a referendum deemed a “sham” by the West.