happening now, president biden is on his way back to the united states after a final round of talks with allies here in europe. he s touting the nato summit as a success and declaring that vladimir putin and i m quoting him now, already has lost the war in ukraine. also tonight, defense secretary lloyd austin tells me he has no doubt ukraine will join nato after the war ends. stand by for all of my exclusive one-on-one interview with secretary austin here in lithuania. the pentagon chief also telling me that gop senator tommy tuberville s hold on u.s. military promotions is a national security issue. and breaking news we re following right now. donald trump s son-in-law and former adviser jared kushner has testified before the federal grand jury investigating 2020 election interference. our correspondents are working the story. they re getting new information this hour. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuani
closing out his high-stakes trip to europe with a show of force from russia s backyard. he is meeting with leaders of finland after a crucial summit where he made a vow that the united states and allies will not waiver in their support for ukraine. president biden said nato has, quote, never been stronger, as sweden also prepares to join the alliance. he is set to take questions this morning at a news conference. defense secretary lloyd austin sat down for an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer where they talked about ukraine s future and nato. from a military standpoint, mr. secretary, how close is ukraine to meeting nato s standards? well, there are a number of things that will have to be done, as you know. a big part of their inventory is legacy equipment, and so in
mr. secretary, how close is ukraine to meeting nato s standards? well, there are a number of things that will have to be done. as you know, a big part of their inventory is legacy equipment, and so in terms of training and equipping, there s work to be done, but we re doing that work as we re helping them as they fight this war. and so things have been done up to this point. there s more that will need to be done to ensure that they have a full complement of capability. so you have no doubt that after the war ukraine will become a member of nato? i have no doubt that that will happen, and we heard just about every that all of the countries in the room say as much, and i think that was reassuring to president zelenskyy. but there are other things that have to happen as well. you know, judicial reform, you
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