wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. they can speak informally about common challenges, and because president zelensky is here and the geographical location, the summit has been overshadowed by ukraine. maybe some leaders might be making their own pledges, but it is more about coordination and talking. we know what president zelensky wants, he s been on a tour of the capitals in europe, he s extracted promises of further funding. but once again here, he has been asking for those western fighter jets, here, he has been asking for those western fighterjets, but more than that, he wants security guarantees from the west, and he said again today, his country is ready to join nato. he wants them to join the eu as well. i think that has been the
leaders remain united behind ukraine, and that they are very keen to support this country, moldova, which borders ukraine, about 20 kilometres from where those leaders are setting down. i think the leaders who gathered here today were conscious of that, not least because president zelensky was among them and speaking in very strong terms about what his country needs. his words reinforced by another night of bombardment on the city of kyiv. whilst many of these leaders have come here, and for this new forum, european leaders invited as well, to discuss all manner of challenges, mutual problems and issues they want to solve together. the whole summit has been overshadowed by what is happening just next door. moldova in itself is feeling rather vulnerable.
successful counteroffensive. one of the things we ve done in the uk is provided longer range weapons to ukraine, and the first country to provide battle tanks. we want to make sure we put in place security arrangements for ukraine for the long term, so we sent a strong signal to vladimir putin that we aren t going anywhere. we will back ukraine four years aren t going anywhere. we will back ukraine fouryears in aren t going anywhere. we will back ukraine four years in the future, and we will send that signal of support. and we will send that signal of su ort. , ., and we will send that signal of su ort, , ., ., support. let s go live to the summit- support. let s go live to the summit. jenny, support. let s go live to the summit. jenny, your- support. let s go live to the - summit. jenny, your assessment of what we ve seen there? i summit. jenny, your assessment of what we ve seen there? what we ve seen there? i think as erha -s what we ve seen there? i think as perhaps many
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a deadline looms for the uk government to release former prime minister borisjohnson s unredacted whatsapp messages to the covid 19 inquiry. a climberfrom malaysia narrowly survives mount everest s so called death zone after being carried to safety in a rescue described as almost impossible. hello i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with the war in ukraine. a summit of european leaders is just coming to a close. it s being held in moldova the country which neighbours ukraine to the west. president zelensky has been at the gathering reiterating that ukraine should urgently be allowed, tojoin both nato and the eu. moldova has become increasingly important strategically,