Biden, NATO allies offer Ukraine security assurances but no concrete measures
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening now. |
| 0:03.0 | President Biden vows the United States and the NATO allies will not waver in their |
| 0:08.4 | support of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | Their critical summit here in Lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered |
| 0:16.2 | questions about when Ukraine will be invited to join the NATO alliance. |
| 0:21.4 | Also tonight, President of Lodemir Zelenski. He returns to Ukraine with |
| 0:26.1 | new assurances from Western Allies and face-to-face commitments for President Biden. |
| 0:31.6 | But Zelenski leaves the summit without concrete |
| 0:34.4 | security guarantees or a timeline for NATO membership. We're watching all of |
| 0:40.2 | this unfold right now here in the situation room. What does it all mean for Ukraine's defense against Russia's brutal war? |
| 0:47.0 | I'll ask the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States |
| 0:50.0 | who's joining us live this hour. |
| 0:52.0 | We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and |
| 0:55.0 | around the world. I'm Wolflitzer in Vilnius, Lithuania, and you're in the |
| 0:59.8 | situation room. We're live here in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and the backdrop for a truly momentous summit |
| 1:15.4 | for President Biden and the NATO alliance. |
| 1:18.0 | NATO leaders offering the Ukrainian president |
| 1:20.8 | Lodimir Zelensky |
| 1:22.2 | just enough to ease his frustrations and to soften his very public criticism. |
| 1:27.0 | But tonight, Zelensky still doesn't have a definite roadmap to reach his goal of NATO membership for Ukraine. |
| 1:35.0 | Let's begin with our White House correspondent Arlet's sign. |
| 1:38.0 | She's already in Helsinki, Finland where President Biden landed just a little while ago. |
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