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President Biden warns the war in Ukraine may continue for a long time as NATO nations

vow to increase support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia, but China's blasting

NATO for adopting a cold war mentality will get the latest.

Then to Kobol Red, how the blood of the Congo powers our lives.

We'll look at how the world's increasing reliance on Kobol for mobile phones and electric

cars has had a devastating impact on the Congo.

And as the world now learns of this new Congo horror, the morale and casement and

Harris of our time will be summoned to the cause of bringing an end to this vile scramble

for loot that is drenched in the blood of the Congolese people that powers our lives.

We'll speak to Cedarth Kara, author of the new book Kobol Red, all that and more coming

up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the war in peace report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

Heads of state from 31 NATO member nations have wrapped up their annual summit in Vilnius,

Lithuania, pledging to support Ukraine in its war against Russia for as long as it takes.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with President Joe Biden on the

sidelines of the talks.

One day after he sharply criticized NATO's refusal to commit to a timeline for Ukraine to

join the military alliance as unprecedented and absurd.

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