with the hope is that ukraine could start using the planes in combat by the beginning of next year. germany, norway and nato itself also offered a variety of monetary and hardware pledges. our europe editor katya adler has been covering the nato summit for us, and has more from vilnius. what we saw is a waste united behind ukraine against russian aggression. but we did see real tension between the realities of war on one hand, decimating ukraine, upending stability in all of europe and on the other the very real domestic political pressures are facing all the leaders there. take vladimir zelensky, because of what his people are going through, don t expect him to be able to rock up to a summit like this with a wish list for weapons and a demand for a timetable for nato membership and they do not really understand why they cannot get it. look atjoe biden, his face in election in the us next year and on a very delicate tight rope he has pledged billions of dollars of military ai
fighterjet, beginning in denmark in august. the hope is that ukraine could start using the planes in combat by the beginning of next year. germany, norway and nato itself also offered a variety of monetary and hardware pledges. our europe editor katya adler has been covering the nato summit for us, and has more from vilnius. i think if you stand back, what we saw is a west united behind ukraine, against russian aggression. but what we did see is real tension between the realities of war on the one hand, decimating ukraine, upending stability in all of europe, and then on the other, the very real domestic political pressures facing all the leaders there. take vladimir zelensky. because of what his people are going through, they expect him to be able to rock up to a summit like this with a whole wish list for weapons and a demand for a timetable for nato membership, and they do not really understand why they cannot get it. then look atjoe biden. he s facing an election in the u
Hello, i m carl nasman. ukraine s president came to the annual nato summit in lithuania with high hopes, widespread western support, and a demand for a timeline for his country s entry into the military alliance. volodymr zelensky didn t get that last one. but he didn t walk away empty handed either. nato member nations offered a variety of pledges this week. france says it will provide ukraine a significant number of so called scalp cruise missiles, able to stike targets at far as 250 kilometres away. the united kingdom has commited to providing more than 70 vehicles, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition for the challenger two tanks the uk has already provided to kyiv. eleven nato members will train ukrainian pilots in the use of the f 16 fighterjet, beginning in denmark in august.
Hello, i m carl nasman. ukraine s president came to the annual nato summit in lithuania with high hopes, widespread western support, and a demand for a timeline for his country s entry into the military alliance. volodymr zelensky didn t get that last one. but he did not walk away empty handed either. nato member nations offered a variety of pledges this week. france says it will provide ukraine a significant number of so called scalp cruise missiles able to stike targets as far as 250 kilometres away. the united kingdom has commited to providing more than 70 vehicles, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition for the challenger two tanks the uk has already provided to kyiv. 11 nato members will train ukrainian pilots in the use of the f 16
He s facing an election in the us next year, and on a very delicate tight rope he has pledged billions of dollars of military aid to ukraine and taken on a leadership role here in europe over the war. then look at rishi sunak or france s emmanuel macron, their countries are facing the cost of living crisis. so the idea of a potential blank cheque for ukraine for years and years to come, people may not like that, so it is tricky. you heard katya talking about president biden there, well, here he is speaking to a crowd of university students on wednesday in vilnius. since this war began, i assured president zelensky, as ijust said aboutan hourago, or in washington, in kyiv, in hiroshima, and now in vilnius, i declared to the world what i say again, we will not waver! cheering and applause we will not waver. i mean that. our commitment to ukraine will not weaken, we will stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes. cheering and applause.