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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Nato to recommit to Ukraine’s accession as Zelenskiy campaigns for support

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking at the presidential palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 7 July.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, spoke at the presidential palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 7 July as part of a whistle-stop diplomacy tour of several European countries. Photograph: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters

Nato leaders will publicly recommit to Ukraine becoming a member of the military alliance and unite on how to bring Kyiv closer to this goal when they meet in Vilnius on Tuesday, according to the organisation’s secretary general.

“For 500 days, Moscow has brought death and destruction to the heart of Europe,” , Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in a news conference in Brussels previewing the gathering. “Our summit will send a clear message: Nato stands united, and Russia’s aggression will not pay.”

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