Tensions Rise as Ukraine Pushes for NATO Membership Amid Missile Strikes and Border Attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged NATO to allow Ukraine's membership of the alliance, a contentious issue that has divided the group of 31 countries. Meanwhile, Kyiv's military reports it shot down more than 30 Russian missiles and drones in an early morning attack, and Russian authorities in the country's western border regions say some of their villages have been shelled by Ukrainian forces. The U.S. will stop sharing some data that is required to be shared with Russia under the New Start arms control treaty, the State Department said in a statement, in response to what it described as Russia's "ongoing violations" of the agreement.