RT News - May 15 2022 (20:00 MSK)

Finland announces its formal decision to join NATO citing the altered security layout in Europe. That's despite decades of military neutrality and Moscow's warnings of possible retaliatory measures to threats near its borders. RT reports from a key battle zone in the Ukraine conflict, Rubezhnoye, as forces from the Lugansk People’s Republic take control of a major chemical production facility in the region. US Senator Rand Paul delays the Senate's approval of a 40 billion dollar aid package to Ukraine, saying support to Kiev can't come at the expense of American interests. As Russia marked the annual commemoration of victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, Ukrainian troops attempted to recapture an Island in the Black Sea on the eve of the symbolic day with the operation failing in its aim.