/ 13 July 2023

Biden and Zelensky play nice at NATO

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

The NATO Summit has ended with Western leaders trying to smooth things over with a pretty furious Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after his nation was denied membership of the powerful military alliance. Before he’d even arrived in Lithuania, Zelensky called NATO’s refusal to give Ukraine a timeframe for membership “unprecedented and absurd”. Overnight, US President Joe Biden and Zelensky had a one-on-one meeting – Biden said it “went very well” and that America’s “commitment to Ukraine will not weaken”. PM Anthony Albanese also had his moment with Zelensky and has offered another 30 Bushmaster armoured vehicles adding to the 90 we have already sent to support their fight against Russia. Ukraine has been lobbying for more Aussie armoured vehicles, even enlisting its 2023 Eurovision entrant Tvorchi to sing a song about it…

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