July 11, 2023 – Leaders from NATO are currently gathered in Lithuania to discuss the potential inclusion of Ukraine in the alliance. The meeting commenced with fresh momentum after Hungary said its ratification of Sweden’s NATO bid is now ‘only a technical question.’ Turkey has also removed its blockade on Sweden’s membership. If finalized, Sweden will become the 32nd member of NATO in the near future.
July 11, 2023 – Ben Hodges announces it’s the Russians’ last stand!
July 11, 2023 – “NATO has never admitted a country that was in a state of war with anybody because to do so would automatically trigger Article Five and the commitment of mutual assistance.” John Bolton, former National Security Adviser to Donald Trump, argues that Ukraine needs to ‘defeat the Russians’ before becoming a NATO member.
July 11, 2023 – Why I am disappointed with NATO’s decision about Ukraine at the summit in Vilnius.
July 12, 2023 – Sky’s defense and security editor Deborah Haynes puts a question to Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a Nato news briefing, asking if the allies have done enough to show their support? Ukraine’s president answered, saying that steps made at the summit send a “powerful signal” to Russia that Ukraine is willing to become an EU member and will be an independent state.