President Biden and several world leaders will announce a major security assurance program designed to protect Ukraine from another invasion like the one conducted by Russia last year.
“The United States, along with G-7 leaders, will announce our intent to help Ukraine build a military that can defend itself and deter future attack,” Amanda Sloat, National Security Council director for Europe, told reporters Wednesday, the final day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
“We can never see a repeat of what has happened in Ukraine and this declaration reaffirms our commitment to ensure it is never left vulnerable to the kind of brutality Russia has inflicted on it again,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement.Biden and the other leaders from the Group of Seven wealthiest countries plan to stand alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the conclusion of the NATO summit to officially unveil the security pact.
White House officials did not provide a timeline for how long it might take for the bilateral security commitments to be reached, though several G-7 countries have announced new forms of military and humanitarian support for Ukraine during the NATO summit.Biden, who plans to meet with Zelensky on Wednesday afternoon, has previously said he could envision a security arrangement with Ukraine similar to the kind of support the United States provides to Israel.
Zelensky, who tweeted Tuesday that “uncertainty is weakness,” had hoped to leave the NATO summit with more concrete language about his country’s bid to join the alliance. He said the alliance’s failure to offer that would only motivate Russia to “continue its terror.
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