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peril. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine which has just cleared the first hurdle on the path to join the european union. eu and ukrainian flags flew side by side in kyiv on friday after the european commission recommended that ukraine should be given candidate status. the move doesn't guarantee membership, which could be years away, but president zelenskyy says it still brings ukraine a step closer to winning the war. the commission's leader says ukraine deserves to be in. >> we all know that ukrainians are ready...

Marines or airmen. >> two, three. >> reporter: these are guardians in the u.s. space force, the first new branch of the armed forces in more than 70 years. and this is the first ever guardian only basic training, led entirely by space force instructor. >> this is the still the profession of arms. this is not space camp. >> reporter: eric maestro is the first training instructor, handy is in charge of all training for these 71 recruits over 7 1/2 weeks. >> i come from like an air force family. so when space force was around, most people is what is that? that's real? >> what? that's a real thing...