BROKEN PROMISES: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says it’s not realistic for Ukraine to be admitted into the EU anytime in the near future.

He says the promises made to Kiev about possible accession to the bloc were more "emotional" than legally binding.

He says that expediting membership for Ukraine would be unfair to other countries that have been waiting much longer.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declares state of emergency over Ukraine conflict.

⚡HAPPENING NOW⚡

Huge plumes of smoke seen as Russian and Donbass forces continue MASSIVE assault on Liman, Donbass region.

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Ukraine’s prosecutor general says it could be possible to exchange Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin, recently convicted of war crimes.

WATCH: Dramatic footage as former Moldovan President Igor Dodon is detained after being accused of treason and corruption.

POWERFUL: Russian systems launch a deafening barrage of rockets at Ukrainian military positions in Liman, Donbass region.

ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS: Strategic Russian and Chinese aircraft conduct joint patrols over Asia-Pacific a day after Biden states that the US will defend Taiwan.

GUARDING THE SKIES: Watch as Russian Buk-M3 air defense system works to destroy hostile targets in Ukraine.

DISAPPOINTED: Polish President Andrzej Duda accuses Germany of trying to DISRUPT the supply of Leopard tanks to replace those sent by Poland to Ukraine.

He added that "We had such a promise, [but now] we hear that Germany will not want to fulfill this promise. It is a big disappointment for us."

WRATH FROM ABOVE: Russian air force RAINS down rockets on Ukrainian military positions near the city of Severodonetsk, Donbass region.

NO CULTURE: Cancel culture to the extreme in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankovsk as a passerby punches a musician for SINGING a song in Russian.

Mayor says: “If there’s a charge filed against him, we need to help him and find him a lawyer!”

FUELING THE FIRE: Trailers with M777 howitzers headed for Ukraine are reportedly spotted at the Polish border as the West continues to pump billions of dollars and weapons into Ukraine.

Reports @new_militarycolumnist

ARTILLERY DUEL: Russian military publishes CLOSE-UP video of HURRICANE rockets pounding Ukrainian military positions.

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Intense fighting around the city of Liman and strikes reported in the nearby cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk as Russian forces and their Donbass allies drive forward in an offensive in the north of the Donetsk region.

Attacks also reported in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, as Russian-led forces seek to take that strategic city.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree to enable residents of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to easily get Russian citizenship.

RESTORING PEACE: Local children getting on well with Donbass soldiers in Svetlodarsk, Donetsk region, as the peacekeepers look to restore civilian life in the war-torn city.

The Ukrainian government recently confirmed that Russian-led forces had taken full control of the city.

BYE-DEN? Biden’s approval rating has collapsed to just 36 percent, the lowest of his term so far.

It’s slumped another six percentage points since last week after he signed legislation to send $40 billion of American taxpayer money to Ukraine.

Source: Reuters/Ipsos nationwide opinion poll.