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Volodymyr zelenskyy declared the summit a, quote, meaningful success. >> reporter: tonight president biden basking in another show of unity for ukraine. >> we'll not waver. our commitment to ukraine will not weaken. we'll stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy at biden's side as he tried to ease some of the nato summit's tension. >> your resilience and resolve has been a model for the whole world to see, the frustration i can only imagine. >> reporter: the u.s. and g7 allies making historic security commitments pre...

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, look, in the declaration, the g-7 countries put together what types of, you know, commitments are ...

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 that's 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 that, wolf. >> alex, i want you to stay with us. i also want to bring in our russia expert, jill doug...

Some point. they've got reforms they have to work out. rule of law, good governance, political reforms that need to be done, and they're 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 we've been talking about with mike earlier, the cluster munitions. we're 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 be in the forefront for them, but now is not the time for that. even now at vilnius, the ukrainia...

Now, zelenskyy really put allies on blast. as he headed in these meetings, tweeting, quote, it's unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation for ukraine's 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 ukraine can join the alliance. the communique can say they will remove the member action plan, once ...