that that is still a long way off from full membership. it is a very important step in that direction, but there is still a huge process to go before they get granted full membership. this is something ukraine has been asking for for a long time. they want to be part of the european family, but there is still a lot of very skeptical politicians in europe that are hesitant to include ukraine in the eu. so the ukrainians are going to be watching very closely to see what the next steps are. and quite frankly, they d be pretty disappointed with macron, especially after comments he made about saying that it might take decades for them to join the eu and putin mustn t be humiliated. it was there any reaction from moscow on that recommendation, ali? yeah, they actually said that they don t mind if they joined the european union. that is fine by them, but they said that they don t think it will have any benefits for ukraine. so that was kind of surprising coming out of moscow. but i think
new today, a third american citizen reported missing in ukraine, after joining the country s forces to fight against russia, according to the u.s. state department. this is coming as russian state tv yesterday showing a video to other u.s. volunteers being held captive after going missing last week. the identities of the two military veterans confirmed by the state department are raising fears about their safety. joining me now from kyiv, is nbc s aly arouzi. ali, good to see. you talk to me, what do we know about the whereabouts of these individuals, their safety, and what the biden administration thing? how jasmyn, will they are not seeing a lot right now. they don t know about their whereabouts. the state department is saying that they are closely following their case, and that they are in constant contact with the ukrainian authorities. about their whereabouts. so, not a lot coming out of their. of course the biden administration keeps
going to do ukraine in the. favors yeah, playing mind games there it seems politically as well. ali ramsey, thank you we appreciate. it up next everybody, we are live from the juneteenth celebration in buffalo new york, honoring the victims killed in last month s mass shooting there. plus, the back businessman you took out a job unwilling to do a job that many others were unwilling to do, removing federal monuments. we will be right. backfederal monuments. we will be right we will be right back it s clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. once upon a time, at the magical everly estate, landscaper larry and his trusty crew. were delayed when the new kid totaled his truck. timber. fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending. for almost everyone. what s on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is gro
dire. i mean you will recall that a couple of weeks ago, two british fighters, and moroccan were captured by the russians. they were holed up in the sort of kangaroo court and in the occupied part of ukraine. and they were handed the death sentence. and the russians are saying that they were mercenaries, they don t regard them as fighters, so they are not protected by the geneva convention. ali, while i have you, i do want to ask you another question about the recommendation of the european commission. when i saw this in my email, i was pretty shocked to hear about this coming from the european commission. essentially saying that they are going to recommend eu membership for ukraine. what reaction are you hearing about this? there they have been granted a candidacy status. and that is the fastest it has ever happened in eu history. you will recall that a few days alone, macron and the german and italian leaders visited kyiv. they had a meeting with zelenskyy, and they fast-tracked