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Break the cycle of russian violence and today, ely help end this war. break the cycle of russian violence and today, we help end this war. break the cycle of russian violence and today, we have end this war. break the cycle of russian violence and today, we have delivered. |r. and today, we have delivered. together with our g7 partners, we have agreed to provide the long—term bilateral security commitments that ukraine needs. these commitments mark a new high point in international support for...

Nato-light. g7 leaders laying out long-term security commitments to ukraine. >> all of this comes amid more aggression against russia. russia launched drone attacks on kyiv overnight but they were repelled by ukrainian air defense. ukraines military shot down several iran-made attack drones in central ukraine. our reporters and correspondents are standing by to bring us the latest from across the globe. well begin with arlette saenz, shes in lithuania. can you bring us up to speed on this meetin...

Alliance. but ultimately, i think he was very reassured from the security g7 and from the remarks that his chief of staff made afterwards. he described this as a victory. so thats a very far cry from what we heard from zelenskyy yesterday where he called the language absurd and he was worried they were deciding ukraines fate without ukraine. now hes going to get security commitments from members of the g7 and that includs specific sustained security assistance in the face of a future russian arm...

Needs right now. got it. the meeting that he will have just been involved in, this is the one where he hoped to get what he said get everyone on the same page about ukraines membership, about nato, different tone to yesterday. hes been very, very specific about what he wants in this g7 communique. the g7 communique will be saying the g7 nations will give these long-term security commitments that, okay, jump below those big headlines, what does it mean? actually, the nations do their ownby latera...

Themselves in and the courage they have put forward in the last 500 plus days of war. what more are we expected to hear? >> youre going to hear the president, yasmin, make the moral argument for the ongoing security commitments that these leaders have been laying out throughout this nato summit. but i also think youre going to see the president take a step back and try to describe the way that russias invasion has really changed the environment here in europe. he will certainly take a victory la...

Volodymyr zelenskyy declared the summit a, quote, meaningful success. >> reporter: tonight president biden basking in another show of unity for ukraine. >> well not waver. our commitment to ukraine will not weaken. well stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy at bidens side as he tried to ease some of the nato summits tension. >> your resilience and resolve has been a model for the whole world to see, the frustration ...

We also know that with our battle tested army, with our love to freedom and values, there is a lot we can offer to nato. i think it was a great family type of discussion between all the nato members and hopefully that moment when the allies will agree and conditions are met, will be sooner rather than later. >> the u.s. ambassador and the g-7 nations for that matter, they are promising security commitments to ukraine, are you clear, ambassador, on what those commitments will look like? z >> well...

Complaining that nato would not allow ukraine into the alliance and this is how he responded. >> i think the american people do deserve a degree of gratitude for -- from us, from the united states, from our government deserve gratitude for their willingness to step up and from the rest of the world as well, as do every ally and partner thats supporting it. >> reporter: so wolf, ukraine does try to balance its asks with thank yous, but oftentimes that balance is off and tensions can arise from th...

Some point. theyve got reforms they have to work out. rule of law, good governance, political reforms that need to be done, and theyre at war right now. the focus for president biden is making sure they have what they need to be successful on the battlefield, including, as weve been talking about with mike earlier, the cluster munitions. were trying to make sure they can succeed on the battlefield so that they can find a piece and recover their territorial integrity. eventually, yes, nato will b...

Now, zelenskyy really put allies on blast. as he headed in these meetings, tweeting, quote, its unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation for ukraines membership. but at the same time, the wording is added even for inviting ukraine. remember, president biden came into the summit saying now is not the time for ukraine to join nato due to the fact that war is still ongoing against russia. and also stressing there are still reforms that need to be made before uk...