--- title: Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Leaders Gather description: As support for Kyiv's accession grows in parts of the alliance, the White House expresses caution canonical: https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/ author: Simon Shuster article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-07-10T17:36:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-19T07:25:04.987Z article:section: World og:title: Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Leaders Gather og:description: As support for Kyiv's accession grows in parts of the alliance, the White House expresses caution og:url: https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae51b2d512ccfc8/698a3e3bcabb1dfebbe5185d/GettyImages-1503346635.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President Biden Departs The White House For Illinois og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Leaders Gather twitter:description: As support for Kyiv's accession grows in parts of the alliance, the White House expresses caution twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae51b2d512ccfc8/698a3e3bcabb1dfebbe5185d/GettyImages-1503346635.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 04:24 video:published: 2023-07-12 section: world topics: NATO summit, Ukraine war, U.S. military aid, cluster munitions, security guarantees, G7 decisions, Russian aggression, international support genre: news, interview, press event tones: grateful, serious, urgent, appreciative emotions: gratitude (high), determination (medium), concern (medium) sentiment: neutral audience: general news readers, policy observers, international affairs followers, U.S. and European audiences people: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden organizations: NATO, G7, Congress content_suitability: war [00:08-04:24]; violence [01:30-02:04]; politics [00:00-04:24] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Alliance Leaders Gather in Vilnius > Sponsored content. 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Over the course of NATO’s annual summit, Volodmyr Zelensky’s disappointment has been palpable. The Ukrainian leader arrived at the two-day gathering in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week in the hopes (far-fetched though they might have been) that the military alliance might finally put forward a timeline—if not a formal invitation—for Ukrainian membership._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Ukrainian President Zelenskyy thanks the United States and President Biden for military and financial support during the NATO summit, noting the roughly 500 days of war. He discusses the cluster munitions decision, arguing Russia has used such weapons since 2014 and that the aid saves lives. He also refers to new security guarantees discussed in the G7 framework. The clip ends with a brief remark from Biden on the world coming together against aggression and a request that the press leave. ## Key points - Zelenskyy thanks the American people and Congress for their support during the roughly 500 days of full-scale war. (00:08) - Zelenskyy says the U.S. support, including more than 43 billion in aid, is saving lives in Ukraine, Europe and beyond. (02:35) - Zelenskyy defends the decision to provide cluster munitions, saying Russia has used such weapons since the occupation of Crimea in 2014. (01:30) - Zelenskyy says he heard no criticism from other countries when Russia began using such weapons. (02:04) - Zelenskyy says security guarantees were discussed at the summit and that countries joining G7 decisions will help with concrete results. (03:12) - Biden says the war is bringing the world together and that people realize aggression cannot be ignored. (03:55) - Biden says there is a lot to discuss and asks for the press to leave the room. (04:14) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:47] Opening Remarks and Thanks. Zelenskyy opens by acknowledging the length of the war and thanking the U.S. president, soldiers, civilians and Congress. - [00:47 to 01:56] Support and Cluster Munitions. Zelenskyy praises American leadership and defends the decision to provide cluster munitions, citing Russia's earlier use of them. - [01:56 to 03:02] Aid and Lives Saved. Zelenskyy thanks Americans for more than 43 billion in support, arguing it protects lives in Ukraine and Europe. - [03:02 to 03:46] Summit Outcomes and G7. Zelenskyy describes summit successes, security guarantees and the role of G7 decisions. - [03:46 to 04:24] Biden's Closing Response. Biden thanks Zelenskyy, says the war is uniting the world, and asks the press to leave. ## Key quotes - [02:35] Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "you spend this money not just for fighting, you spend this money for our lives" - [01:30] Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "Russia used such weapons from the first days, not only full-scale war, from the first days of occupation of Crimea" - [03:55] Joe Biden: "It's bringing the world together in a way that it's a hell of a price to pay." - [04:06] Joe Biden: "people are realizing that you just can't stand by and let this kind of aggression occur." ## Questions this video answers - What does Zelenskyy thank the United States for? [00:08] - Why does Zelenskyy defend the cluster munitions decision? [01:30] - How does Zelenskyy describe the value of U.S. financial aid? [02:35] - What security outcomes does Zelenskyy say came from the summit? [03:12] - How does Biden characterize the effect of the war on the world? [03:55] ## Content suitability - war [00:08-04:24]: The entire clip concerns the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russian aggression. - violence [01:30-02:04]: Discussion of cluster munitions used in warfare. - politics [00:00-04:24]: Discussion of military aid, weapons decisions and international security policy.  by [Simon Shuster](https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/)  ## Simon Shuster Senior Correspondent Jul 10, 2023 5:36 PM UTC Over the course of NATO’s annual summit, Volodmyr Zelensky’s disappointment has been palpable. The Ukrainian leader arrived at the two-day gathering in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week in the hopes (far-fetched though they might have been) that the military alliance might finally put forward a timeline—if not a formal invitation—for Ukrainian membership.  by [Simon Shuster](https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/)  ## Simon Shuster Senior Correspondent Jul 10, 2023 5:36 PM UTC By some measures, Ukraine looks closer than ever to joining NATO. Support for its membership, both inside Ukraine and within the alliance, is at its strongest ahead of this week’s [NATO summit](https://time.com/6293279/ukraine-nato-membership-bid/), while Ukraine’s war-tested military has demonstrated on the battlefield that it can use NATO weapons and tactics effectively. The biggest obstacle along its path to NATO no longer appears to be Russia or Vladimir Putin. It’s the White House, which is stalling Ukraine’s effort to join. “I don’t think it’s ready for membership in NATO,” President Joe Biden [declared](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/politics/joe-biden-ukraine-nato-russia-cnntv/index.html) in an interview with CNN that aired on July 9, two days before NATO leaders are due to gather in Vilnius, Lithuania. Even putting the matter to a vote among NATO members, Biden added, would be “premature.” Compare that to an earlier set of Oval Office talking points, and it’s clear just how far the U.S. position has changed. Fifteen years ago, when NATO leaders took a position on this issue, the U.S. was firmly behind Ukraine’s membership. Then-President George W. Bush lobbied hard among his peers to get Ukraine and Georgia a formal invitation and a detailed roadmap into the alliance. Back then, France and Germany shot the idea down, arguing that it would provoke a conflict with Russia. At their landmark summit in 2008, held in Bucharest, Romania, the leaders of NATO declared that both Ukraine and Georgia would join one day, but they gave no timeline and offered no specific plan for keeping that promise. “NATO’s non-decision on their membership was the worst possible outcome,” the Harvard historian Serhiy Plokhy writes in his new book, _The Russo-Ukrainian War._ It angered the Kremlin without offering any protection to Ukraine and Georgia. “While Russia would not dare to attack NATO, it could easily attack its aspirants,” Plokhy wrote, “and it did so.” A few months after the Bucharest summit, Russia invaded Georgia and occupied about a fifth of its territory. In the years that followed, Ukrainians remained skeptical of NATO membership. Only 28% supported it in a Pew Research [survey taken](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2010/03/29/ukraine-says-no-to-nato/) in 2010, and 51% were against. But those attitudes changed after Russia invaded Ukraine four years later, seizing Crimea and starting a separatist war in eastern Ukraine. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, support for NATO membership reached record highs inside Ukraine, topping 80% support in recent surveys. Much the same trend has played out inside the alliance. Polls taken in May across five of NATO’s leading member states [found that](http://neweurope.org.ua/en/analytics/gromadska-dumka-v-nimechchyni-frantsiyi-italiyi-niderlandah-i-ssha-yak-tsi-krayiny-pidtrymuyut-ukrayinu-ta-yiyi-pragnennya-staty-chlenom-nato/) most people support formally inviting Ukraine to join the alliance despite the ongoing war: 70% in the U.S., 56% in France, 55% in the Netherlands, 53% in Italy and 50% in Germany. Some of those supporting the invitation favored delaying Ukraine’s actual accession until after the war ends. European leaders are also coming around. Since the end of May, French President Emmanuel Macron has [repeatedly called](https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/macron-says-nato-needs-to-give-shape-to-ukraines-prospect-joining-alliance/) for NATO to give Ukraine a concrete path to membership, marking a significant shift in policy, while Poland has emerged as the leader of an influential block inside NATO that is pushing hard for the alliance to welcome Ukraine. Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took a tour of these allies in Eastern Europe to rally their support, and he urged them to avoid the half-measures and empty promises that have defined Ukraine’s relationship with NATO since 2008\. “We need honesty in our relations,” Zelensky [said during a visit](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-heading-prague-2023-07-06/) to the Czech Republic. “We need some kind of signal, a clear one.” In his interview the following day with CNN, President Biden was abundantly clear. “I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/"},"headline":"Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Alliance Leaders Gather in Vilnius","datePublished":"2023-07-10T17:36:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-19T07:25:04.987Z","description":"As support for Kyiv's accession grows in parts of the alliance, the White House expresses caution","url":"https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/","keywords":["Ukraine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae51b2d512ccfc8/698a3e3bcabb1dfebbe5185d/GettyImages-1503346635.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Shuster","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ae51b2d512ccfc8/698a3e3bcabb1dfebbe5185d/GettyImages-1503346635.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Biden Departs The White House For Illinois","caption":"President Biden Departs The White House For Illinois","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/ukraine/","name":"Ukraine"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6293307/biden-stalls-ukraines-nato-hopes-as-alliance-leaders-gather-in-vilnius/","name":"Biden Stalls Ukraine’s NATO Hopes As Alliance Leaders Gather in Vilnius"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"President Biden Meets with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy During NATO Summit","description":"Over the course of NATO’s annual summit, Volodmyr Zelensky’s disappointment has been palpable. 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