The Ukrainian parliament has extended emergency measures in the country, effectively canceling October elections The Ukrainian legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, approved on Thursday a new request from President Vladimir Zelensky to extend the state of martial law and the total mobilization in the country.

Kiev has ‘every right to be critical’ of the bloc dragging its feet on membership, the official said Ukraine “has not abandoned” its intention to join NATO, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna has said, while criticizing the US-led bloc for its “hesitation.”

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