aft as finland and sweden look to join the military alliance. and the united states a national day of action for reproductive freedom, 1000 join rallies to protest, a supreme court draft opinion that puts the right to abortion. ah i m nichol fresh, it s good to have you with us. after weeks of heavy bombardment, harkey breathed a sigh of relief. the ukrainian military claims to have driven russian troops out of the area around the country. second largest city. the shelling, according to regional authorities, has stopped. but ukraine s president says his forces still lack the means to tip the scales in their favor. meeting with a us senate delegation and key val loading mirrors. lensky once again emphasized ukraine s urgent need for more powerful weapons. republican leader, mitch mcconnell, leads the u. s. senate delegation on a stroll through kiff to show their support for ukraine s war effort. to me it was all smiles and hand shakes as they met with president zelinski aaliya
ah, i m really mohammed welcome to the program, phil and has officially declare that it will apply for nato membership finished present solely in esto and prime minister at southern mara may be announcement in a joint press conference in finland, filane shares on long border with russia. the finish parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. sweden s, governing social democratic also expressed support for joining. well, nato secretary general, yes. so from bug welcome to philippines, statements during a meeting of nato foreign ministers in that berlin. he also expressed hope that ukraine could win the war against russia. if they decided to fly. this would be a historic moment. their membership, nato would increase our shared security. demonstrate love naples door is open up aggression does not pay. the deputies bureau, chief, alexandra von nomine, spoke to nato, deputy secretary general merchant joanna and began by asking about the turkeys concerns of a
a front wall stood god have survived to play another season against germany s best clubs. thanks to a win against cologne. we ll have all the highlight ah i m nichol furnished. welcome to the program. nato. foreign ministers are in berlin for an informal meeting on russia. the invasion of ukraine representatives from sweden and finland are also there to discuss the 2 countries seeking membership of the north atlantic treaty organization. nato, a system of collective security currently consists of 30 nations. since the cold war, finland and sweden have maintained a position of neutrality towards nato. their change of heart comes as concerns grow over the threat from russia, marking a departure from their former stance on the military alliance. in order for any new country to join the and all other members have to agree, turkey has express reluctance at the idea of including the 2 scandinavian nations. and here is when i finish foreign minister peca harvey still had to say abou