Biden will travel to Europe next week for emergency NATO meeting on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for an emergency NATO meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy begged the alliance to do more to save his country.

The US Mission to NATO wrote that President Biden would be at NATO HQ next week to participate in an extraordinary meeting of the leaders of all NATO Allies.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden wanted to meet with his counterparts.

She told reporters that his goal was to meet in person with his European counterparts and discuss the conflict with Russia. It is not known if Biden will visit refugees in Poland or meet Zelenskyy.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called for the alliance's leaders to meet to discuss their response to Russia's attack.

We will address Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, our strong support for Ukraine, and strengthen NATO's deterrence. At this critical time, Europe must continue to stand together.

Zelenskyy ruled out his country joining NATO on the same day. After Russia launched its invasion, Zelenskyy applied to join the alliance.

For years we have heard about the supposedly open door, but we have also heard that we should not enter, and that is true and we must admit it. Zelenskyy said of Ukraine's attempts to join NATO, which started.

It is clear that Ukraine is not a member of NATO, he said.

Zelenskyy has expressed his frustration with NATO's refusal to enforce a no-fly zone. The world leaders warned that shooting down Russian planes would likely need to be done, potentially pitting the world's two largest nuclear powers against each other.

The Pentagon and the White House did not allow the Polish government to use a US base to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine because of concerns that Moscow would view the actions as an escalation in the conflict.

The US and other NATO members left the door open for Ukrainian membership, but did not give a specific time frame.

Before the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his displeasure with NATO and the possibility that Ukraine would drift away from Russian influence.