Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): While the upcoming meeting of NATO in the capital of Lithuania is supposed to be held with the focus of continuing support to Ukraine, many questions remain unanswered in the minds of Western leaders regarding the duration and cost of supporting Kiev.
This publication writes: Although Joe Biden's trip to Europe, which is scheduled to begin on July 11 (July 20), is not new, the NATO meeting in the shadow of the Ukraine war, centered on the continuation of aid to Kiev, has created a deadlock situation.
According to this report, while traveling to Europe to participate in the NATO meeting in Lithuania, only a few hundred kilometers away from the battlefield in Ukraine, Biden continues to insist on the West's support for Ukraine and has the arming of Kiev on the agenda for real progress.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan also quoted Biden as saying on Friday: "We will support Ukraine as long as necessary and we will provide them with as many weapons as they need." He then added: We believe that we have been able to have a coordinated and dynamic response to Russia's aggression.
This publication further points out that along with the statements of American officials, many allies are worried about how long and at what cost they can support Kiev, especially since the opposing voices of the well-known Republicans in Congress and the Republican presidential candidates in Financial support for Ukraine has fueled concerns in Europe if this party wins in America. In addition, differences in the NATO meeting have already increased over Ukraine's membership in this military organization.
To all these concerns, we should add the not-so-powerful Kiev in the war with Russia, which, despite the weapons and aid sent by the West, has not yet been able to meet the expectations of Europe and the United States. At the same time, many senior Ukrainian soldiers have become very tired and weak after 18 months of conflict.
In the end, this publication has concluded that perhaps because of the same concerns about the future of American domestic politics, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will try to get the promise of more military aid from his western allies in the NATO meeting in Lithuania.