Ukraine requests EU membership as talks with Russia remain unresolved

Ukraine is attempting to join the European Union with the President attempting the symbolic move as Russia's invasion enters its fifth day. Talks between Ukraine and Russia have not yet led to a deal to end the conflict, as dozens of reports emerge of further deaths and casualties.

Source: EPA

 An emergency General Assembly of the  United Nations began with pleas for peace in Ukraine.  It came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an application for Ukraine to join the European Union, a tactic that could anger Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.  Ukraine's U-N  Representative, Sergiy Kyslytsya   had this strong message for the world: "If Ukraine does not survive, international peace will not survive".