and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who s been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine s initial counteroffensive backin ukraine s initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine s relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine s still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it s a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the military and the public in ukraine. general valerii zaluzhnyi has been very well thought of, respected and revered by many, so questions have been asked and are being asked about why this has happened. there s a lot of talk about a personality clash between the two leaders, between volodymyr zelensky and valerii zaluzhnyi. i keep presidential adviser in ukraine said that one important reason why a reshuf
evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. let s start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by today s big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trump s campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is that hugely consequential week on the world stage, biden facing multiple global challenges at the nato summit that threaten to erupt into division, but walked away with unity. and he gave his personal guarantee that the u.s. will stay committed to the alliance despite what he called extreme elements at home that threatened to pull back. the president was going by two strongest economic reports, inflation at its lowest level in two years, in what he says is bidenomics in action. could this kick
so, g7 countries announcing this international framework, so, g7 countries announcing this internationalframework, paving the international framework, paving the way internationalframework, paving the way for long term security assurances for ukraine, offering to boost its defences against russia and they talked about it during moscow from future aggression. you can see them lining up for the family photo in a moment. the united states, germany, japan, france, canada, italy and britain, as well as the european union, and this framework will encompass elements that include modern advanced military equipment, training, intelligence sharing and cyber defence. so, an announcement of these long term security assurances, but presumably each country is making its own commitment to ukraine as well? . , ., as well? that s right. some of the lanauuae as well? that s right. some of the language was as well? that s right. some of the language was really as well? that s right. some
happening now, president biden vows the united states skpland the nato allies will not waiver in their support of ukraine. their critical summit here in lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered questions about when ukraine will be invited to join the nato alliance. also tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy, he returns to ukraine with new assurances from western allays and face to face commitment ifs r president bi biden, but zelenskyy leaves the summit without concrete security guarantees or a time line for nato membership. we re watching all of this unfold here in the situation room. what does it all mean for ukraine s defense against russia s brutal war, i ll ask the ukrainian ambassador to the united states who s joining us live this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, and t
sure the government s decisions, particularly to not borrowing more, is to not fuel inflation. it would be guided by fairness and. just to cuickl be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up. be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also - be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also likened| quickly follow up, you also likened nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried that might offend president zelensky, who you have a -ood president zelensky, who you have a good relationship with. i m just following good relationship with. i m just following up on president zelensky and his following up on president zelensky and his talk today, he talked about forming and his talk today, he talked