"Finland Joins NATO Amidst Tensions with Russia and Turkey's Role in the Alliance"

Finland joins NATO in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while Russia arrests a Wall Street Journal reporter for allegedly trying to gather classified information. Battle-watchers are monitoring Bakhmut after Russia's Wagner Group claimed to capture the city, which Ukraine denies. Meanwhile, a Russian military blogger was killed in a St. Petersburg cafe, and Ukraine struck a Russian-held city deep behind the front line. Russia took on the rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month, drawing criticism from Ukraine's foreign minister.