nato baltics security is always important to nato.e look forward to another important summit in vilnius, lithuania. a note that next year would be the 20th anniversary since the baltic states joined nato. that would be a good year to have a nato summit in the baltic region. next year the summit comes back to washington. the whole of nato is headed to vilnius next week. i want to make a couple points around "repel, don't expel." maybe reflecting on the madrid summit last year and where we have come since then. my first point is that nato agreed last year that a new strategy which was basically the strategy that served native so well during the cold war. after the end of the cold war native moved toward a strategy of cooperative security and engagement with russia and other partners. and eventually integrate all of those into nato. then the strategy became focused on expeditionary operations in the 1990's and 2000s. it was a model of deterrence by reinforcement. less so at the end of the cold war. nato's forces would be ready to act on

there is freedom to join nato.id that it is absurdly absurd that there will be no time schedule. it is unprecedented. and it is absurd that the time frame will not be announced. neither for the invitation nor for ukraine's membership in nato , volodymyr zelensky wrote so, that is, he the stakes really aggravated the situation. so now i'm going there and we'll figure it out, so nothing about ukraine. without ukraine, he added and said that this situation, if this is the situation, then this is a sign for russia that it can continue to continue the terror against ukraine, that is, to wage this aggressive war against ukraine, he emphasized exactly how this will be important for the war and for the policy of russia's position regarding the ukrainian war. about the fact that its membership in the future depends on ukraine's membership in nato, let's listen to jens stolberg. we agreed on a very powerful package with many elements that bring ukraine closer to nato and also help to bring ukraine closer to membership, and t

nato.o i think the lessons, certainly the swedes learned that, the ukrainians already knew that but they are learning it now with incredible courage and shedding blood on the battlefield, is that safety is being part of nato, which is why it is so important but in contrast to,000 eight, which is why it is so important but in contrast to 2008, when there was no consensus on the question of ukraine joining nato, after vilnius there is not a country that does not believe ukraine should be part of nato. that is a big change are not only something ukraine can take to the bank but frankly, vladimir putin has to be worried about. ivo daalder, former us ambassador to nato and ceo of the chicago council on global affairs, thank you very much. the importance of membership is a reminder of how far nato has come. it started as a small military alliance in the 1940s and became one of the world's most powerful defense organizations of the 21st century. president truman signed the charter that puts the pr

he talked about the nato response and jens stoltenberg just said putin wanted less nato he has more natoore members up to 32 with that swedish succession as well talking about ukraine. you notice my question was about security guarantees comparing old with the new format which we will believe we will see in the communique in the next 36 hours. he was talking about the extra issues including upgrading of the relationship with ukraine and nato to some form of council where they have a regular council where they talk abou all of the issues with operations and procurement and training and intel and ammunition in a timely fashion to the frontline for ukraine as well in terms of the medium-to-longer term, he would not go into detail and answer a question about the word invite. that means a lot to the ukrainians and mr. schlevolodym zelenskyy. are we invited or in a waiting roo room in the meantime, it does appear there is a huge upgrading of the relationship going on with nato and ukraine which we expect to see more detail on as in the next couple days very interesting that the will from allie

because nato without consensus is not nato. thank you very much. mr. bergmann: sean sort of mentioned there has been really bold commitments with the new force model, to go from 40,000 forces that are ready to roll to 300,000, and that progress maybe has not been as rapid as hoped for over the last year. there is also been the case that many eastern european countries have given away whole fleets of their soviet-era equipment, further depleting themselves, rightly, to support ukraine. what do you think nato is in a good position right now to defend every inch of his territory, or does a lot more need to be done in terms of you alliance -- in terms of alliance? but is that enough? do you feel good about the trajectory nato is currently on? mr. ryan: yes, i feel very good about the trajectory. as you pointed out, i have been part of nato for decades. so when we look at the trajectory and the positive trend, it's definitely climbing rapidly. in the 2019 leaders summit in london we were struggling to get the nato readiness position across the finish line w

is a very serious topic in all future negotiations, the future of nato, the future of ukraine in nato that is, there are certain purely rational diplomatic calculations and the topic is very politicized, therefore, accordingly, expectations and attempts to set the bar as high as possible, which means to receive an invitation to begin the accession process or some more or less clear conditions not only about the end of the war regarding the start of these negotiations, well, it was not just ambitious, it was absolutely a diplomatically justified calculation from the ukrainian side, and that is why i think the result will be better than even the nato member states themselves could expect from themselves , uh, regarding decisions on ukraine. the united states calls germany one of the most fluid countries of the alliance, and a lot depends on their word if , for example, the united states insisted on an accelerated procedure for ukraine to become a member of nato and the position of germany was the same, this would mean that ukraine would really have every chance to become a full member o

my first point is nato agreed, she was inn store for nato. the madrid summit was historic. nato agreed a new strategy of four defense which was basically the strategies that serve native so well during the cold war. after the end of the cold war nato soffit to essentially de- prioritized deterrent and collective defense. to move towards a a strategy f what it called cooperative security and engagement with russian and at the partners, ex-soviet warsaw pact partners in the region and eventually integrate most of those into nato. but it's a a strategy that became focused on expeditionary operations in the '90s and the 2000s. insofar as deterrence was relevant to nato's strategy was really model of deterrence i reinforcement. so nato's still substantial although less than at the end of the cold war, nato's forces would sit at home and essentially be ready to act at a certain notice. this was enshrined in the nato-russia act of 1997 when nato said look, our strategy will be based on determined by reinforcement and will involve large-scale for positioning of nato forces among, i

initial application to join nato— after its initial application to 'oin nato. ., . . , join nato. of the criticism coming into this conference - join nato. some of the criticism coming into this conference is l join nato. some of the criticism - coming into this conference is about bilateral deals and aid, very welcome to ukraine, but they need to try and coordinate more. have more cohesive joined try and coordinate more. have more cohesivejoined up... does this g7 encourage that, or undermine it? that is what this is designed to do. so that's the g7 don't go off and do their own thing. it's about things like, beefing up ukraine's intelligence and process to connect more with western intelligence. to make sure they have a sustained industrial base so that they can build their own weapons and ammunition. notjust rely on western hand—outs. that is something that is going to take time, coordination, they want to make sure that in the same thing. this is about the g7 offering what they want to ukraine. thank you very much for that. as i mentioned, well went in the press conferences of

nato troops. nato does not exist.size no, there are troops that are countries that are part of this bloc. mostly first of all, these are american troops that are in europe precisely from washington, which means that the nato bloc is funded by 2/3 by 2/3 - this is american money nato blocs and secondly, all the calls and urges to the fact that here we are after all once we perceive the nato bloc, we mean ukraine, which means that they are based primarily on the fact that ukraine , according to the plan of the same americans, has become anti-russia. and that's just on this basis. and these mockeries are taking place both over zelensky and over the ukrainian people as a whole. although between other. i want to point out one more thing to you , hope that for some reason everyone is talking about zelensky, yes, as a dictator, an already established dictator. you understand that there is no opposition at all in ukraine . not right and neither left nor center-left. this is the first second , there are still those cells in uk

. -- within nato. i am concerned -- i'm confident that we will find a united way forward as nato allies on ukraine's request for membership. we will also expect -- i expect we will make some concrete decisions on the interoperability and all the things that will help ukraine move closer to nato. then it is also publicly known, and it has been announced, i said bilateral and multilateral consultations with ukraine on different kinds of security arrangements. and i welcome those efforts. we have been briefed about them. and it will adjust, complement and underpin the efforts of nato as an alliance. the message is that we take our decisions of independent nations together with ukraine, so it is not for russia to make any decisions, to have any veto. we are helping ukraine to win this war by providing military support and we will continue to do that. >> ok. reuters. >> secretary-general, could you tell us more about the nato ukraine council and put it in concrete terms for an ordinary citizen who does not

the nato meeting is the nato meeting at which it was announced that the course for war with us has beenen. half of the world economy is opposed in russian about the power media, these are for okeansky, too, these are for ukrainian, too, i am offended, the livery are not even small sausages, they didn’t like zelensky’s tone. well yes, you would still be in a crowd there and the closest to the graphomaniac philosophies of the deputy chairman of the security council of the republic of poland dmitry medvedev, nothing else, a measure that was ultimately mistaken to come up with and could not predictability of the highest level to idiocy, in fact, the impasse of the third world is getting closer and closer one by one. but only russia and yes

to have a nato office — union and nato to have a nato office at — union and nato to have a nato officesince the warsaw summit in 2016— and since the warsaw summit in 2016 there has been a formal memorandum of understanding between — memorandum of understanding between african and nato. how surrised between african and nato. how surprised are — between african and nato. how surprised are you _ between african and nato. how surprised are you to _ between african and nato. firm? surprised are you to see at least 13 and the latest un vote remained very neutral in the conflict? ., remained very neutral in the conflict? . ~ .. conflict? individual african countries _ conflict? individual african countries have _ conflict? individual african countries have their - conflict? individual african countries have their own l countries have their own interests. most notable among them _ interests. most notable among them is — interests. most notable among them is probably south africa which — them is probably south africa which for— them is probably south africa which for a variety of reasons rangin

in ukraine, many people expected that nato would announce a formal invitation of ukraine to nato, and it practically did not happen, i would say so, how would you rate it the results of the nato summit in vilnius, please. if we talk about expectations, no one had to think that nato would give an official invitation to ukraine to immediately join nato, it was always a question of whether nato sends the right signals to putin or about the prospects of whether ukraine will really become a on a practical plane in a practical time a member of nato that is, his expectations about the war about the future of european security about the targeting of nato and the place of ukraine in a united europe and unfortunately, i think that we did not see such a signal, it was not given that is, we are talking about almost the same thing that was said in bucharest, the only thing we are saying is that the requirement for a passport, which became an obstacle, people said that you must have a passport, but this obstacle was removed and canceled, just as in finland and sweden, such a passport was not even o

and convince nato that it should be in nato, therefore mr. zelensky there are no chances at all, and even more so europeans. i mean, the members of the euro-atlantic union understand perfectly well that by becoming a nato member of the nato bloc, ukraine will first of all plunge this bloc into a broad one. a large-scale and full-scale war in europe , nikolai evgenievich, is your position, please, well, it has become stronger. they have an additional resource for solving their own problem by proxy. and the second point, so that we don’t talk there, no matter how we tell that it is pouring in and, by the way, this was discussed, just a few years ago everything was going to this and in all likelihood. today we would talk about the fact that e nato is slowly ending its existence, but it was the conflict in ukraine that made it possible to reanimate nato that made it possible to create not only the image of an enemy, but actually restore the spirit of the cold war , let's call it that, and transfer it to a hot phase. they themselves created an ant

it will add to nato.host: you have talked a couple of times about watching china and china's reaction. what was china's reaction to the expansion of nato from 30 to soon to be 32 members. guest 2: what you heard nation great law dialogue you are hearing also today -- heard in the shangri-la dialogue is what you are also hearing today. historically, that argument does not hold much water. it takes unanimous consent to move forward on any decision. it is hard to get countries to agree on reactive policies like supporting ukraine. it is not in its nature or organizational structure. the chinese are queuing to this narrative and rhetoric because it does sometimes resonate in regions like africa and southeast asia. host: the nato summit is what we are talking about in this hour of the washington journal. brett sadler and benjamin friedman are our guests. why is this happening in lith uania? guest 1: it takes place in member nations, and they switch. they are trying to show some degree of support for the united

will make nato stronger and nato will make _ translation: ukraine will make nato stronger and nato willand nato will make ukraine safer. �* _, ., safer. and while the welcome to the summit dinner _ safer. and while the welcome to the summit dinner was _ safer. and while the welcome to the summit dinner was warm _ safer. and while the welcome to the summit dinner was warm and - safer. and while the welcome to the l summit dinner was warm and friendly, the cold print of the summit communiqu was anything but. nato wants ukraine tojoin, but it will not say when and it will not say how. ~ , , ., ., ., ., how. we will issue an invitation for ukraine to join _ how. we will issue an invitation for ukraine to join nato _ how. we will issue an invitation for ukraine to join nato when - how. we will issue an invitation for ukraine to join nato when allies i ukraine to join nato when allies agree and conditions are met. this is a strong package for ukraine. and a clear path towards its membership in nato. . , a clear path towards its membership in nato. ., , , in nato. initially, president zelensky

again, this is not nato support, it's not nato acting to support ukraine.t's another collective of like-minded countries of providing and getting munitions. but his support and his ushering in finland and hopefully sweden shortly, and maybe in the near future, you know, setting out a very explicit track for ukraine to come into nato, i think that will be what he's judged on in the future. right now, it's looking like he's been very effective. >> do you agree? >> no. i think he has an impossible job, you know? to get consensus among 30 plus members. it's more or less impossible, so i think he's done a good job kind of, you know, lassoing the different parts of nato and moving forward on those expansions, as we just heard. but, you know, i don't agree with him on the policy wise. he's a big advocate of adding new members. i'm less concerned about sweden and finland but, you know, he seems to be really interested in putting ukraine in, which i think is a horrible idea. you know, nato expanded for two montenegro under his watch, which, you know, is not deeply h

swedenjoining nato. the sweden joining nato. the turkish _ swedenjoining nato. president said ukraine should become a member of nato. the move — should become a member of nato. the move is— should become a member of nato. the move is very different from a year— the move is very different from a year ago _ the move is very different from a year ago and it is family soppori_ a year ago and it is family support of ukraine.- a year ago and it is family support of ukraine. you have both written _ support of ukraine. you have both written about _ support of ukraine. you have both written about the - support of ukraine. you have both written about the fact i support of ukraine. you have i both written about the fact you would support ukraine's membership in nato. a military historian wrote an op—ed in the washington post with the headline:. it makes a few arguments as to why ukraine should notjoin nato. russia could continue to prolong the war. i could continue to prolong the war. ~' war. i think quite the opposite _ war. i think quite the opposite. max - war. i think

to ukraine's nato membership in nato in the future jens stolberg ukraine ukraine is now closer to nato than ever before allies confirmed that ukraine will become a member of the alliance, and they agreed to cancel the requirement for an action plan for membership . so, for ukraine , vilnius is really a turning point . they did not receive the maximum bar for the poorer, these fish reached the time frame invited to the alliance for joining the alliance, but all the same it is a turning point and it goes down in history and the declaration on security guarantees is framework for now and that is what will not be necessary according to the action plan regarding the membership has already skipped this stage, directly by the zefin option, by the swedish option, without pdc, directly, despite the accelerated procedure, further, in addition to the declaration and the map, the council that already spoke ukraine, nato was created, this is also a great achievement. so, in fact, also well, you have to understand that ukraine has made it clear that the west should not look back at russia all the ti

nato countries, thirdly, ukraine can itself now convene the council of ukraine, nato, and not wait for the nato commission to call, and kyiv has already initiated the council itself, and by the way, budapest, hungary will not be able to block it , so that is also an important moment, extremely important news, an extremely important day and we will keep our finger on the pulse thank you for your trust see you tomorrow on the air svoboda life i have discounts on dog balm 10% in pharmacies traveller, bam and save pain can become an obstacle walking stairs not with my knees from knee pain try dolgit cream dolgit relieves pain, reduces swelling and improves mobility of the joints is also possible on foot, the only yellow cream for joint pain is always easier to drink when ordinary water is not enough for adults and children i recommend reo we will save ourselves with water reo reo water for special medical purposes so that ukrainians do not think about so as not to talk about the first place, the war still comes out, the war and our victory is only on espresso from monday to sunday complete

on the way to nato. we would like to have the guarantors that we have now and have them permanently and have them only make us more powerful in relation to the guarantor countries. we want to have an appropriate document so that it is not only on our personal relationship was based on the help that it was issued and was very specific today's a-a framework declaration morning security guarantees open the possibility of these two-sided powerful documents we are concluding the press conference congratulations to president zelensky today you will meet with president biden please tell me what results you expect i hope you will be able to convince him that ukraine is ready for nato membership. when you meet with president biden , will you discuss cluster munitions ? or maybe some other type of weapons that you have not yet received and the question to the general secretary how quickly you receive the actual provision of f16 fighter jets from partners about what president zelensky has been asking for a long tim

so i think there is member of nato. it's just a question of when the right window of opportunity will arise. ukraine as a member of nato, that nato membership, that is russia's security nightmare a scenario that putin desperately wanted to avoid. actually one of the reasons he started his war against ukraine in the first place. now is that fear justified? and how serious is the perceived threat to russia? i get you yeah. in peacetime, ukraine's army is 200,000 strong. those troops would be added to nato's current number of 3.3 million active soldiers. the ukrainian army trained and armed by the west could become one of the best in the defensive active soldiers. the ukrainian army trained and armed by the alliance after the war is over nato territory which expanded significantly to the east after the cold war would continue to grow on the russian border. if ukraine were added it is the second largest european country. after russia, seven nato countries would then be direct neighbors with russia. the common border would b

finland and sweden will also be members of nato . finland is already a full member of nato.this is simply an agreement that was reached between the president of turkey and the prime minister of sweden, we understand that sweden will also become a full member of nato, this is a historical moment that is important both for all members of the alliance and for finland, but especially it is decisive for the entire baltic region , because looking at the map, we realize that there is an opportunity to actually strengthen the baltic baltic region, and now the security situation there will improve significantly , thanks in particular to the membership of finland and sweden , and therefore the competitive ability is strengthened and the power of the entire region is a clear signal in this regard, and this emphasizes the openness of the alliance's doors, because nato is ready to expand . russia has no right to determine which path this or that state should follow. we are not talking about words, we are talking about concrete deeds, and now we want to send a message to country and ukrai

ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer.ery different tone from his tweet earlier in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club. as confirmed by nato�*s secretary—general... the invitation will be issued when conditions are met. this is not the picture of absolute unity nato was hoping for at its summit, which leaders here know vladimir putin is watching closely from moscow. this is ukraine today. ravaged by war, a year—and—a—half into russia's full scale invasion. fighting to keep its independence, and defend wider european security, it says. arriving in vilnius for the nato summit the prime minister said all allies should up defence spending. priorities for this summit are to strengthen that alliance, so that we face the threats of the future and protect ourselves adequately against them, but also to continue supporting ukraine. the government has announced a big increase in production of nato standard artillery shells in the uk. ukraine needs th

i won't take us to nato until we defeat russia. it helps us with weapons, training, and military technologies. the solution is that we have not been accepted into nato yet. this is also reasonable and we also expect it. why? because, well, first of all, we are not ready. we are not ready as a country. the country will be offered some kind of action plan before the entry of the military bloc of the donat. and what decision did you expect? we would rather say that it is still at the factory, or at least they will say when it is called, because it is about the victory, it is a raspy answer. the victory is unknown. the battle of our eyes is resolved help will be given to us at all, and i didn't expect anything else. and what else did they have to do? we do everything ourselves. we were waiting for them to take us. donate. well, what are you going to do? they are afraid , but they are afraid. well, at least they give us weapons, and they give us weapons, it helps even life. our valiant soldiers are saved by the clutch. so, it’s time to

how much did nato members consider russia when deciding or not to invite ukraine to nato ?o say that this is a very powerful factor, but i am not sure what can be compared actually the situation of ukraine to other smaller countries, it is very important that they, when they joined nato, and there were certain instruments of control regarding them , certain elements where from the discipline of their way of thinking, the way embroidered according to your to finish off putin and his russia, he still wants to have a controlled russia and one where there will be a legitimate government and not some rebels who can take the power into their hands, how did he try to make it beautiful, returning to my thoughts that i already had, that's how we say not about the struggle nato does not want to interfere, get involved in any war, they do not want to create such a situation that would instill fear in any of the members of the alliance and in this case and if they take ukraine into the union in such a situation, it will completely destroy the whole center logic on which built by nato,

well, they did not allow nato to be disconnected now. it is important that nato not it was simply not disjointed so that it acted together against the enemy against the aggressor what is the russian federation and in every possible way helped ukraine to go through this path and become a member of the north atlantic alliance except that, as i said, we do not know for sure that we will be invited to nato, it is important that they say not just the door of nato is open we have already learned this phrase we are in the middle of the night wake us up we will say the door of nato is open or what is the word door and the door is on you such a stable association we want to be invited because you know it as in well we are not vampires of course in this story what a vampire cannot enter the building if he is not invited, of course, again, we are not vampires and we are not going to drink military blood, but that is the point. well, in the sense that it is politically very important to hear this invitation from nato members and we believe that ukra

all nato countries want ukraine to become a nato member.lease tell me about the security guarantee for ukraine, in fact, after nato, zelensky said that the basis of these guarantees will be agreed with the representatives of the big seven. and how do they see these security guarantees in the united states of america? from your seven, that we will provide help to ukraine in the long-term perspective , if we look at the military assistance that we now give to the united states and other countries, this is so that ukraine can take a position on the battlefield with money and have success. how to fight russian aggression - but besides, they said here at different levels that ukraine needs guarantees so that there will be support , there will be military assistance, everything that is needed to guarantee the territorial center and security is long-term, and that's it. что о чем бы разов здесь бесплатно and yesterday and the day before yesterday, i also wanted to ask you whether the american delegation, as the washington post writes about it, was

within nato, every country _ safer. within nato, every country has _ safer.every country has a _ safer. within nato, every country has a veto. - safer. within nato, everyl country has a veto. turkey safer. within nato, every- country has a veto. turkey had some reservations and the beginning of the day the two sides seemed a long way apart. president erdogan, starting to talk about things like opening a doorfor turkey to eu membership before sweden then is allowed to open the door into a nato membership. eu and nato, of course, completely separate organisations. that was the start of the day but at end of the day, jens stoltenberg, making that announcement, and there has been some significant reaction from several politicians who are here. joe biden, welcoming it. the german foreign minister saying it's good news from vilnius. and, of course, the swedish government saying it's a good day for sweden. so that seems to be one issue of membership well and truly settled. there is a little detail, though. just because recep tayyip erdogan has agreed that sweden can

russia was against any expansion of nato nato allies and ukraine decide when to become a member moscow does not have the right of veto today we meet at equals i look forward to the day when we will meet as allies on the fields in among them a meeting of president zelenskyi and the leaders of j7 agreed on a declaration of support for ukraine a plan aimed at helping kyiv build an army capable of defending itself and deterring the offensive in the future writes finance altimes oblige solutions will include supplies of modern military equipment, training of the ukrainian military, exchange of intelligence and assistance in cyber defense, in exchange for this, kyiv will undertake reforms in particular judicial system and civilian control over the army , the group of seven will always stand by ukraine . we will never give up solidarity. nato standards ukraine is now closer to nato than ever before and we will extend an invitation to ukraine to join nato when the allies agree that the conditions will be met by the culmination of the second day of the summit meeting zelenskyi and biden, the pr

biden wants to invite and accept ukraine into nato, specifically in washington at the next nato summit which will be in 2024. the 75th anniversary of the creation of nato will be exactly and maybe right there in the united states. ukraine has always been a member of nato. the situation in any case, if there are such fair comments about us, we need to accept it and change the situation, to reform , of course, to achieve general democratization , we still have work to do on this, you and i know this very well, there is a question of judicial reform the issue of electoral legislation and other issues that we need to do on the way to the european union and to nato, everything is one road, that is , in this aspect . but such a short road map where it was clearly defined what we need to do and then we fulfill all the points, our partners see that we have done them and the question is removed, but if the criteria are very blurred there is corruption there is some other there there are still some questions about the essence of democratization, and so on, and then we do something, we work. and

completing sweden's accession to nato is a historic step that benefits the security of all nato allies critical time. it makes us all stronger and safer. >> our correspondent, jessica parker, his life in washington with a look at the upcoming summit. this is indeed a significant summit, turkiye paving the way for joining. what has changed? >> a significant development. as you say, what we are hearing from the secretary of nato test -- secretary-general of nato, stoltenberg, calling this a necessary step. all nato members need to agree to new and aspiring members. this had been a big roadblock for sweden. turkey had accused sweden of hosting kurdish militants and talks have been going on hosted by stoltenberg between the turkish president and the prime minister. they have obviously made leeway, though other issues have been flagged along the way in the journey. though it is a significant step and important to say that we don't actually have a clear date as to when this might actually happen. >> this was very much a priority for the biden administration, wasn't it? >> yeah, a priority fo

that will allow sweden tojoin nato.er negotiations with turkey, who along with hungary were the final holdouts to the country's bid, sweden will become the second nation to join the military coalition since russia invaded ukraine last february. nato's head, jens stoltenberg, said turkey and sweden addressed security concerns and as a result sweden amended its constitution, changed its laws, expanded its counter—terrorism operation against the the kurdistan workers' party , which is banned in turkey — and resumed arms exports to turkey. stoltenberg lauded the deal earlier. nato will also significantly step up its work in this area and i will established for the first time at nato, the pulse of special co—ordinator for counterterrorism. completing sweden's accession to nato is an historic step that benefits the security of all nato allies at this critical time. it makes us all stronger and safer. our correspondent katya adler is in vilnius, and has more on the significance of this announcement. turkey had been blocking sw

ukrainejoining nato.wis vaughan jones is in vilnius. the world leaders are chatting, their first big the world leaders are chatting, theirfirst big proper meeting. they all got together, posed for the usual photographs and then got down to business. of course due credit will be dominating, ukraine not a nato member. their leader volodymyr zelensky is not here. there has been a clash share. all countries within nato across the board to support ukraine joining nato across the board to support ukrainejoining nato. the question is the timing. there is no chance of ukrainejoining whilst is the timing. there is no chance of ukraine joining whilst the war with russia is ongoing, but president zelensky once a firm commitment to a timeline, a speedy process when the work finishes. there are some hesitancy to commit to exactly what president zelensky is asking for. that will be discussed at the formal and informal meetings around the summit. ukraine clearly a dominating issue. i want to pick through exactly why it

ukraine will strengthen nato from its side as well as nato to strengthen ukraine, are there still ukrainian members of the alliance who are not certain about this ? well, probably yes. do we have the opportunity to work on the diplomatic level, probably first of all during this year, so that this unanimity and unity would still be because many people are talking about it of the leaders on the fields said exactly that when there will be unanimity and unity and this principle still applies, it has not changed, but then a collegial decision will be made mr. zelensky perfectly correctly constructs the opinion , there is no doubt that if you approach analysts of what is happening today within the framework of the war, there is no doubt that ukraine, which directly has a huge experience of using the same nato weapons in a huge war , will absolutely be well integrated into the general experience of nato. this is obvious, just as it is for us. it is important that we prioritize if russia, well, let's say yes, there is again inadequate putin 2:0 became the president, they are again chauvinism, we ou

has there been a change in the countries in the nato countries? did they all happen like this, even in the strange hungary, which is headed by an obvious agent of the kremlin, orban, nevertheless , they support ukraine in crimea, which was literally half an hour ago - half an hour ago, it was spread there excellent points in support of ukraine and there it is clearly stated that the future of ukraine is in nato, therefore there is no betrayal , they support us, they will support us, and definitely our allies want us to be nato members such as the united states or great britain. maybe even better than france and definitely better than hungary. this is our mission and we must clearly formulate for ourselves how we see ourselves in these structures. what new things do we bring to them besides the ability to fight and uh having shown the same successes in reforming the country, introducing a transparent judiciary and an efficient and transparent government, and a favorable business climate, we will turn into something like a new china for europe and a

when , after all, ukraine applying for membership in nato must ensure harmony from coexistence with nato countries, because this is first of all politics. military union and political harmony are very important here. well, let's recall what nato secretary general jens stoltenberg said about this package of three elements with more practical support in the form of a multi-year program to ensure full interoperability between ukrainian troops and nato forces. nato and approved i proposed a package of three elements with more practical support in the form of a multi-year program to ensure full interoperability between ukrainian forces and by nato forces, it will bring ukraine closer to nato, plus some members of the alliance are also conducting a bilateral or multilateral dialogue with ukraine regarding the framework that should be created to ensure further support for ukraine. i think it would be wrong if i went into the exact wording and how exactly made public but of course this will be an addition and an addition to the decisions made at the nato summit, mr. volodymyr, nato in vilnius is

that ukraine will never be a part of nato and nato should return to the question of how it was on the border of 1997, what is the result we see now of the war putin because politically putin was refused and told that it was impossible even though negotiations with him conducted, they tried to understand him, but putin began to achieve these goals through war , the result of which is now a nato country , finland has already become a member of nato, but sweden will become a member country of 32 in a little while, and ukraine is moving confidently and now it took more new steps, not in the 21st year . hello. well, they cried about what she did. yes, to provide us with an action plan regarding nato membership, it was 2 years ago and less than a year before the current great war. now we are already discussing the issue accession to nato, the implementation of specific reforms that will be needed for this , and the action plan for membership in the maintenance work is already in the past. expectations themselves in vilnius, the world is waiting for the decision of the alliance. moscow is im

weapons and nato training and nato protocols.f you want, what we just heard about with you but the most important thing is that the only ones who currently have combat experience of confronting russia are the armed forces of ukraine, therefore and for ukraine . the leader of the member countries of the alliance that ukraine will first receive not only security guarantees but also commitments with our key allies, we are fighting for these to be security commitments from great britain and the united states of america and from france and from romania and from poland, in fact, from the key points, i wanted ukraine now in the anti-putin coalition, this is the first, i think , what exactly will be decided positively and it is very important for us, the second, the second at the summit, i think it will be confirmed and guaranteed for ukraine for our armed forces forces first of all continuation of long-term support with long-term support with weapons, armor, armored vehicles and training for our servicemen from it is clear what among th

allies say that this threatens nato unity. you haven't heard anyone say that. the answer is because it doesn't threaten nato unity. he will see over the next couple of days that while allies have different views on this particular weapons system, and many are signatories to the convention, there is a wide degree of understanding that the united states took this decision thoughtfully and in the best interest of protecting ukraine's people and territorial integrity and sovereignty. >> [indiscernible] mr. sullivan: i do not want to suggest there is unity on the use of munitions. many countries have set because of their legal obligations, they wouldn't support them. my point is only that the difference in perspective on the question of the particular munition has not had broader impact on what has been historic, sustained and continuing unity for nato overall. i would take this opportunity to point out that in a lot of the coverage coming into the summit, rumors of the death of nato's unity were greatly exaggerated. every the mont

nato will continue to support you as long as it takes for the past year nato members provided supportth tens of billions of dollars . and now we have agreed on a three-part package that brings ukraine closer to nato, a multi-year program of practical assistance for the creation of a new council ukraine nato and the new confirmation that ukraine will become a member of nato and the cancellation of the requirement for a membership action plan, our new multi-year program of assistance to ukraine will help you move from soviet-era equipment to nato equipment and standards and make the armed forces of ukraine fully interoperable with standard in a few minutes, nato will start the constituent meeting of the council of ukraine . nato is a forum where ukraine and nato members will meet as equals to hold consultations in crisis situations and jointly adopt decision now ukraine is closer to nato than ever allies have reaffirmed that ukraine will become a member of the alliance and agreed to cancel the requirement for a membership action plan this will change ukraine's membership path from a two

i wouldn't expect to see _ relation to nato. i wouldn't expect to see nato — relation to nato. you're starting _ to see nato expand, but i do think you're starting to _ to see nato expand, but i do think you're starting to see _ to see nato expand, but i do think you're starting to see this - you're starting to see this important discussion- you're starting to see this. important discussion about you're starting to see this - important discussion about whether there _ important discussion about whether there should — important discussion about whether there should be _ important discussion about whether there should be some _ important discussion about whether there should be some sort- important discussion about whether there should be some sort of- there should be some sort of parallel— there should be some sort of parallel organisation - there should be some sort of parallel organisation or- there should be some sort of| parallel organisation or some alignment— parallel organisation or some alignment between _ parallel organisation or some alignment between those - parallel

that you continue to lead nato.ted. no one knows the situation that we're facing better than you do. and this historic moment, adding of finland and sweden to nato is consequential. and your leadership really matters. and we agree on the language that we've proposed, that you proposed, relative to the future of ukraine being able to join nato. we're looking forward to a continued united nato. my american press heard me say many times, i still think president putin thinks the way he succeeds is to break nato. not going to do that. especially with you leading. so thank you for being willing to do it. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you, all. >> mr. president, what is your role in getting turkey to agree -- mr. president, mr. president? why weren't -- >> you were just watching president biden and general stoltenberg at the start of a very consequence shall nato summit and a nato summit that comes as the 31st member of nato, finland, as already joined the coalition and the 32nd sweden appears to now have a pat

what is nato so afraid of, and who within nato is afraid? >> i completely agree with konstantin.irst of all, it's about the position of the american leader. we were extremely thankful and grateful to joe biden for providing all the support and basically taking a direct position. but on this particular one it sounded like a continuation of an absolutely failed obama policy. tomorrow during the inaugural meeting of the ukraine nato council, there will be quite an open conversation about knowing the temperament of our president. nicole: some argue it is not in nato's best interest to grant membership to ukraine. what would ukraine bring to the table in exchange for the alliance potentially risking all at war with russia? -- all-out war with russia? olexander: we are speaking about opening a door and finding something more tangible or clear than all these mantras from the past that turned out to be shallow and empty. nicole: but why should you become a member? sorry to interrupt you there. olexander: excuse me? nicole: why should ukraine become a member? what would they bring into th

, all— precise, at the nato summit in wales, all nato members promised at that stage _ wales, all naton only— ten years. here we are one year to go in only 11 _ ten years. here we are one year to go in only 11 have done so. let us be clear~ — go in only 11 have done so. let us be clear~ 2%, _ go in only 11 have done so. let us be clear. 2%, as others have said is the floor— be clear. 2%, as others have said is the floor not — be clear. 2%, as others have said is the floor not the ceiling. nato faces— the floor not the ceiling. nato faces a — the floor not the ceiling. nato faces a generation, if not more, of a need _ faces a generation, if not more, of a need to— faces a generation, if not more, of a need to deter russia and deterrence means having the capability, the credibility and being — capability, the credibility and being prepared to use it. that means being _ being prepared to use it. that means being ready— being prepared to use it. that means being ready for the worse case. the worst _ being ready for the worse case. the worst case, — being ready for the worse case. the worst

is ukraine satisfied after nato? and on the square of the lithuanian capital, how they met the ukrainians in vilnius and what remained behind the scenes of the official part of the armed forces destroy the raschests in the south and around the bahmut enemies burn reserves so that their front does not fail, it is not boring a liberated village in the south all of donetskia has not been destroyed by equipment and enemy mines. what does the counteroffensive look like? i congratulate you iryna koval and this is the news. the results of the week on the espresso tv channel. ukraine has been waiting for this meeting at the highest level for six months. volodymyr zelenskyy also did not confirm until the last that he would go to vilnius the day before, he even wrote an outrageous post about the fact that it is unprecedented and absurd when there are no time frame for both the invitation and the membership of ukraine. some of the delegation at the nato summit understood the state of the president of ukraine. but there were als