Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) presenting Ukraine's application for fast-track NATO membership on September 30, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine is applying for “accelerated ascension” into NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, in an apparent answer to Russia’s move to illegally annex four of the country’s partially occupied regions. Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Office via ABACAPRESS.COM