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On the recordFebruary 23, 2022
I called the leaders of 27 European countries today to ask them about allowing Ukraine to join NATO, but all of them are too afraid at this stage to basically -- to take on that kind of risk.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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President Zelensky expresses frustration over European leaders' reluctance to support Ukraine's NATO membership.

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