NATO needs to bend its rules to help Ukraine. Here’s why. – POLITICO

This week’s edition of Power Play comes from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where host Anne McElvoy talks to President Zelenskyy’s closest aide, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. 

As Russian forces advance on Kharkiv, delays in weapons deliveries from the U.S. and Europe are proving costly. Now the war has reached a critical moment for Zelenskyy’s leadership — and Ukraine. 

They discuss its ability to withstand Russia’s biggest attack yet, a new plan to accelerate NATO membership — and whether security guarantees from the West can bolster the embattled country’s future security.