“Are there security guarantees other than NATO?” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked, as he unexpectedly joined European leaders at a summit in neighboring Moldova. “We would like to have NATO guarantees. And while we are not in NATO, we want to have security guarantees.”
(Bloomberg) — “Are there security guarantees other than NATO?” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked, as he unexpectedly joined European leaders at a summit in neighboring Moldova. “We would like to have NATO guarantees. And while we are not in NATO, we want to have security guarantees.”
Zelenskiy spoke to reporters after the meeting outside Chisinau, which included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. A split is becoming apparent between Germany and France on prospective membership for Ukraine in the military alliance. While Paris is pushing for a concrete path, Berlin is urging caution.
President Joe Biden, speaking at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, said “the American people’s support for Ukraine will not waver.” Consider, he said, what would happen if support “wavers and Ukraine goes down. What about Belarus? What about the rest of Eastern Europe?”
Kyiv was hit by a missile barrage overnight, the 19th such attack in the last month.
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