in the day s other news, leaders from the g7 group of wealthy nations have announced a new security pact with ukraine. the agreement, which was reached on the sidelines of the nato summit in lithuania, pledges more military support for ukraine. rishi sunak heralded the pact as a new high point in international support for ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky stressed it wasn t a substitute for nato membership but said he was leaving the summit with a significant security victory for ukraine . 0ur europe editor, katya adler, reports from vilnius. 0ur dear friend volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, welcome to you, volodymyr, it s good to have you here. applause ukraine may not yet be a member of nato, not by a long way. but today, it was embraced, almost, as one of their own, taking part in a new council where kyiv can raise concerns on an equal footing. translation: we ve discussed
what it wanted, a firm timetable for nato membership. on russian state tv there was a lot of gloating all day. having said that, about these g7 security assurances, they did not go down well in moscow. president putin s spokesman dmitry petrov said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous because he said it would infringe on russian security. he called nato and offensive alliance that brought with it instability and aggression. nato would say it is a defensive alliance and as far as aggression is concerned it was not nato that launched a full scale invasion of ukraine last year, it was russia. but the message from moscow is that nato is anti russia, nato is on the warpath, that was the headline here today. it fits in with the wider kremlin narrative according to which russia is a besieged fortress
in detail the confrontation i with russia and what can be done to keep ukrainians safer. we re grateful to our partners for promising new packages of security and defence. this may look like a conveyor belt of schmoozing with world leaders, but you ll notice ukraine s president always wears combat fatigues. all this gladhanding has a concrete purpose. back home, president zelensky s country is burning 500 days into russia s full scale invasion, ukrainians care a lot about nato. translation: nato is our only protection from russia, - otherwise they will never leave us alone. even if they will not help us, i don t know, i think the situation in our country will be much worse than now. in the corridors of power here, there s been lots of debate about why now isn t the time to make
this with a wish list for weapons and a demand for a timetable to nato membership and don t understand why he cannot membership and don t understand why he cannot get it. joe biden faces an election he cannot get it. joe biden faces an election in he cannot get it. joe biden faces an election in the us next year and is on a election in the us next year and is on a very election in the us next year and is on a very delicate tightrope, he has pledged on a very delicate tightrope, he has pledged billions of dollars of military aid to ukraine and taken on a leadership role in europe over the war. a leadership role in europe over the war~ rishi a leadership role in europe over the war. rishi sunak and france s emmanuel macron had country is facing emmanuel macron had country is facing a emmanuel macron had country is facing a cost of living crisis so the idea facing a cost of living crisis so the idea of a potential blackjack blank the idea of a potential blackjack bl
ukraine a full nato member. but. the big picture here is that ukraine and its defence against russia s aggression is the focus of all the leaders at this summit. they re pledging long term humanitarian and military aid and this despite all of those countries facing a cost of living crisis at home. it s a big deal. such a big deal, the british defence secretary remarked today off camera he advised kyiv not to treat allies like an amazon for weapons supplies. the prime minister said he was confident ukraine s president understood. i know he and his people are incredibly grateful for the support the uk has shown, the welcome that we ve provided to many ukrainian families, but also the leadership that we ve shown throughout this conflict. a conflict nato leaders know could go on for a long time. don t we need to be honest with people at home here, with voters, this could take years, couldn t it?