Alvin Schick 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Snake Island in the Black Sea, where Ukrainian soldiers famously defied a Russian warship at the beginning of the invasion, as the conflict reaches its 500th day.
The United States announced Friday that it would supply cluster munitions to Ukraine as NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels on Friday that NATO members meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week would reaffirm their goal for Ukraine to eventually become a member of the alliance. However, membership talks are not expected until after the war is over.
When asked when or how Ukraine might join the alliance, Stoltenberg said that the “most important thing now is to ensure that Ukraine prevails” in its fight against Russia.
In Washington, President Joe Biden defended the U.S. move to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, calling it a “difficult decision.”
“It took me a while to be convinced to do it,” Biden said in a CNN interview.
He said the cluster munitions would help Ukraine to “stop those [Russian] tanks from rolling.” #ukraine #snakeisland #russia #news #voanews
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