Lithuania's president urged NATO leaders to be bolder in addressing Ukraine's push for membership at a summit in his country next week, saying this would boost Kyiv's battlefield performance while Moscow would see any caution as weakness. In an interview with Reuters, President Gitanas Nauseda advised NATO allies to disregard fears that bringing Ukraine into the U.S.-led military alliance would provoke Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. "We should not hesitate to take bolder decisions because otherwise the Putin regime will decide that the Western allies are too weak, (that they should be) pushed to the corner and they will surrender," Nauseda said on July 3. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
Give Ukraine Quick Path To NATO After War, Lithuanian Leader Tells Allies
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels on June 29.