Ukrainian President Zelensky's Thursday address stated in no uncertain terms that their lack of entrance into NATO had nothing to do with the status of their army.
"The names of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov are being removed from playbills, Russian writers and their books are being banned," said the Russian president.
"We will not deploy troops on the ground in Ukraine, because the only way to do that is to be prepared to engage in a full conflict with Russian troops," said NATO's Stoltenberg.
Ukraine's digital identification system, known as Diia, is being used by the government to distribute money to Ukrainians displaced and unemployed by the war with Russia.
BlackRock head Larry Fink said in a letter to shareholders that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put an end to globalization as it has been known for decades.
