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Politico: Ukrainian tweet scrambles Biden’s press conference

By Politico.

Published June 15, 2021 at 6:57 am

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference marking his second year in office at the Antonov plant in Kyiv on May 20, 2021.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Just before President Joe Biden started his news conference Monday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that NATO agreed that his country could join the alliance. “Commend @NATO partners’ understanding of all the risks and challenges we face,” he wrote. “NATO leaders confirmed that will become a member of the Alliance.”