minister rishi sunak in the coming hours. he will also be meeting with king charles. all that comes before he heads to lithuania, for a critical nato summit, where russia s war on ukraine will be high on the agenda. the summit comes just days after mr. biden approved giving controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. earlier, i spoke with michael o hanlon, sr. policy at the brookings institution and i asked him what impact the decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine will have on upcoming meetings. i think the decision on cluster munitions will be controversial, but, it is a pretty tactical decision. you know, the russians have been laying landmines here and there, left and right, and this decision will not demonstrably change the basic situation. so, you can agree with it, or not agree with it, it is not a
if the decision has been made before hand. earlier on sunday, mr. zelenskyy met with polish president due to saying they had a very substantial discussion about working together for the best possible result for ukraine at the nato summit. the two leaders expressing solidarity, as they mark the anniversary of a massacre that strained their nation s relationship for decades. they met in lutes, in northwestern ukraine, where poland says that ukrainian nationalist killed about 100,000 polls during world war ii. this just in to cnn, at least four civilians have been killed in a russian attack in a front-line town in the zephyr region zaporizhzhia region. guided aerial bombs struck a school being used as a humanitarian aid center. at least 11 people were wounded, and some were trapped under the rubble. rescue operations are ongoing. ukrainian officials are calling
greece is also interested in its at 16, as well. so, turkey and greece will also look for a balance and parity there, as well. it is a completed maneuver. yes, definitely. nic robertson joining us from outside 10 downing street. we appreciate it. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says the vilnius summit is very important, and he hopes nato leaders will make a clear, fearless statement about ukraine s membership. but, he is not confirming whether he will attend the meeting. he explains why. translator: it would be an important message to say that nato is not afraid of russia. you arrange to get clear security guarantees a while it is not in nato, and that is a very important point. only under these conditions, our meaning would be meaningful, otherwise, it is just another politics. i don t want to go to vilnius for fun.
weaponry and training on that weaponry, and strong military and diplomatic, and economic support. so, is that the model that may emerge? well, not all countries, not all 31 members of nato what that model. somewhat an even stronger version, others perhaps want something weaker. so, perhaps the language that emerges, is something that goes, in some way, to bringing president zelenskyy what he wants, which is from commitments of nato security guarantees, which president biden is sort of tying up in terms of, if there is a peace agreement finally agreed, then, these are the things that we could consider. so, you could expect to see the potential for some language that ties ukraine up, if you get to have these guarantees, whatever they may be, this will be a part of the peace process, which is of course, part of what ukraine wants, a piece
the attack a war crime. amid all of this, we are seeing the first images of russia s top army general, since the mutiny by wagner chief, yevgeny prigozhin. cnn s clare sebastian joins me now from london. good morning, claire. what are we seeing exactly, and why is this such a big deal? reporter: rosemary, this is valeri gerasimov, nominally the head of the military operation in ukraine. he was in a video that was just published this morning by the russian ministry of defense. they said it was a meeting that took place on sunday. he is said to be getting a report from the chief of staff of the aerospace forces on russian air defense having thwarted an attempt by ukraine to hit targets in both crimea, and inside russia, in the rostov and kalinga regions.