Members of NATO have promised additional funding and a “irreversible path” to membership for Ukraine in the future.

NATO has given Ukraine €40 billion ($43.3 billion, £33.7 billion) in aid over the next year, including F-16 fighter jets, air defense support, and military cooperation.
Added, “Support to Ukraine is not charity – it is in our own security interests.”

At the summit, NATO leaders, including Commissioner Sir Keir Starmer and Biden, underlined their support for Ukraine.
Both Nato members agreed that Russia “remains the most significant and direct threat” to security, and the summit concentrated on the Ukraine invasion.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that Denmark and the Netherlands are sending Ukraine F-16 fighter jets.

Ukraine will be receiving advanced aircraft for the first time, fulfilling a longstanding need. Mr. Blinken told the summit that “this summer” the jets will be used.

NATO will create a body to coordinate military aid and training for Ukraine. The alliance is strengthening its partnership with Ukraine with this action.
Aid offers “constitute a bridge to Ukraine’s membership in Nato,” the joint statement said.
“As Ukraine continues this vital work, we will continue to support it on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including Nato membership,” said the announcement.
Mr. Zelensky spoke with Republican and Democratic US politicians to seek bipartisan support for Ukraine after a Senate impasse delayed a large military aid package for months.
NATO held this week’s conference to unite against Russia in Ukraine after Russia’s little victories.
Kyiv may be frustrated by the membership timeframe gap.

Some prominent Democrats have asked for Joe Biden’s resignation, fearing he’s too elderly to beat 78-year-old Donald Trump.

Mr. Biden met with other NATO leaders on Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, because  US Senate Majority Leader Chuck SchumerEPA
The summit in Washington DC brought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into contact with Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell.
In a BBC interview, but Mr. Stoltenberg avoided discussing how US internal politics would affect the alliance.
Biden emphasised his support for Ukraine and asked other nations to improve defence spending, as they had fallen behind.
He added leaders because “cannot allow the alliance to fall behind” and that North Korea, Iran, and Russia are helping Russia produce defence on a “wartime footing”.
Plus, the president assured that “every inch of Nato territory” will be defended.

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