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Today, Explained

NATO to Ukraine: Not yet

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

President Biden and other world leaders say it’s too dangerous to admit Ukraine into NATO while it’s at war with Russia. But, to the dismay of allies, the US will send cluster bombs to the front. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In a photo taken a few hours ago at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, leaders of the Western

0:05.3

world stand together on a stage.

0:08.8

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is not in that picture.

0:12.2

He'd really like to be, but NATO has not invited Ukraine to join yet.

0:16.1

Zelensky is on his way to the summit anyway.

0:18.4

He tweeted today that it is unprecedented and absurd that Ukraine hasn't been given a timeline

0:23.1

for when it may be able to join NATO.

0:25.2

And he ended saying this, uncertainty is weakness and I will openly discuss this at the summit.

0:32.6

Even without the vow of verbal confrontation, all lies were going to be on Zelensky.

0:37.0

Russia's invasion of his country is forcing the NATO alliance over the next two days.

0:41.2

To confront how far it's going to go to help Ukraine.

0:45.0

Some things, immediate membership, are off the table.

0:48.7

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0:53.5

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It's today explained, Felicia Schwartz is the US foreign affairs and defense correspondent

2:09.4

for the Financial Times.

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