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Putin claimed that the terrorists were attempting to escape and were moving towards Ukraine, where “a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.”

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm looking at last week's NATO summit in Vilnius. What did Ukraine actually achieve there, and how will the West help Kyiv going forward?

The NATO Summit in Vilnius provided a more concrete pathway for Ukraine's potential membership, though it fell short of providing definitive timeframes or explicit conditions.

NATO summits tend to be rather drab affairs. Most announcements are known well in advance and the official summit communique that runs to several ...