Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned plea on Tuesday for his country to join the European Union, while the bloc moved closer to expelling Russian financial institutions from the SWIFT bank information system. “We have proven our strengths. We have proven that, at a minimum, we are exactly the same as you are,” Zelensky said in an address via video link to the European Parliament. “Prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you indeed are Europeans,” Zelensky told the special sitting convened to debate Russia’s invasion of his country. …