NATO Summit: How the Alliance is strengthening its eastern flank

German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion on the Germany army Main battle tanks Leopard 2A6 at the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60km (38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, May 30, 2023. © Mindaugas Kulbis, AP

Along with seeking a compromise for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, leaders at the Vilnius summit are on a quest to bolster the Alliance’s eastern front.

World leaders gathering in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius on Tuesday for a two-day NATO summit will seek to formulate a united message on Ukraine’s eventual membership within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization amid efforts to  reinforce the Alliance’s eastern front in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.