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'North Atlantic Treaty Organization bequeath get to Ukrayina safer, Ukraine wish create North Atlantic Treaty Organization stronger,' he tells thousands in Vilnius, many wave Country flags

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Lithuanian Chairperson Gitanas Nauseda work force Zelenskiy a bullet-holed Ukrainian flag

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'Ukraine is purchasing us sentence with their blood, so we tin set up and apply a substantial counter to Russia,' Nauseda tells crowd

By Sabine River Siebold, Trick Irish whiskey and Saint Andrew Gray

VILNIUS, July 11 (Reuters) - North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders said on Tuesday that Ukraine should be able to bring together the war machine alinement at approximately compass point in the next just they stopped-up shortly of offer Kyiv an contiguous invitation, angering Ukrainian Chairman Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The leaders were confluence at a height in the Lithuanian majuscule Vilno as Country military personnel struggled to take pregnant gains in a counteroffensive against the Russian intrusion forces occupying parts of the area.

The leaders aforesaid in a declaration: "Ukraine's future is in NATO".

But they offered no timeline for the work.

"We will be in a position to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the alliance when allies agree and conditions are met," the annunciation said, without specifying the conditions Ukraine needs to fulfil.

NATO did flatten a necessity for Ukraine to meet what is called a Membership Natural action Design (MAP), efficaciously removing a hurdle on Kyiv's fashion into the confederation.

Even out in front the give up of the declaration, Zelenskiy had assailed NATO leadership.

"It's unprecedented and absurd when a timeframe is not set, neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership," Zelenskiy aforementioned in front arriving in Vilnius as a particular client.

Oral presentation at a muster in Vilnius on Tuesday, Zelenskiy soft letdown that Ukraine was not invited to unite North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

"NATO will make Ukraine safer, Ukraine will make NATO stronger," he told the thousands of people, many wave Country flags.

"I travelled here today with belief in a decision, with belief in partners, with belief in a strong NATO..."

"I would wish for this belief to become a certainty - certainty in decisions that all of us deserve and which our every soldier expects, our every citizen, our every mother, our every child. And is this too big of a wish?" he asked.

Pregnant AND Lineal THREAT

The NATO stance highlighted the divisions among its 31 members o'er openhanded a date or a aboveboard invitation for Ukraine to link up. Kyiv has been push for a fleet entry, resile jointly with protection guarantees, since yet in front Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unleashed its encroachment in February 2022.

NATO members in eastern European Union get backed up Kyiv's call, controversy that bringing Ukraine nether NATO's security system umbrella is the better way of life to deter Russia from assaultive once more.

Countries so much as the Concerted States and Germany throw been Sir Thomas More cautious, untrusting of whatsoever travel that they reverence could get NATO into a head difference with Russia.

The NATO contract said: "We reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the government and people of Ukraine in the heroic defence of their nation, their land, and our shared values."

In stiff nomenclature towards Moscow, it said: "The Russian Federation is the most significant and direct threat to Allies´ security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area."

Asked close to Zelenskiy's criticism, NATO Writing table Universal Jens Stoltenberg told a mechanical press conference: "There has never been a stronger message from NATO at any time, both when it comes to the political message of the path forward for membership and the concrete support from NATO allies."

He aforesaid previous accessions to NATO had non been attended by a timeline.

"They are conditions-based, have always been," he said.

LONG-Crop MISSILES

Zelenskiy did grade wins elsewhere. Gallic Chief Executive Emmanuel Macron said Paris would pop out supply long-wander sail missiles, following a like announcement by Britain. These volition admit Ukrainian forces to strike Russian soldiery and supplies oceanic abyss slow the breast lines.

Germany announced fresh help Worth 700 1000000 euros, including two Patriot line refutation projectile launchers, and more tanks and militant vehicles.

The acme was likewise buoyed by the medical prognosis of Sweden connexion NATO as its newest member subsequently Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Mon suddenly dropped his objections to the move, while push to repair talks for Republic of Turkey to link up the European Wedlock.

Moscow, which has cited NATO's easterly expansion as a agent in its conclusion to invade Ukraine, has criticised the two-Clarence Day top conclusion on Wednesday and warned European Community would be the world-class to cheek "catastrophic consequences" should the warfare step up.

"Potentially, this issue (of Ukraine joining NATO) is very dangerous for European security... and therefore those who will make the decision must be aware of this," Kremlin voice Dmitry Peskov aforementioned.

European leaders did non appear to sympathize that moving NATO subject substructure towards Russia's borders was a mistake, he said.

At the bait in Vilnius, Lithuanian Chairperson Gitanas Nauseda handed Zelenskiy a bullet-holed Ukrainian masthead which had been flown on a Ukrainian army tank during battles in Bakhmut.

"Ukraine is buying us time with their blood, so we can prepare and give a strong retort to Russia," Nauseda told the gang.

(Coverage by John Irish, Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold, Steve Holland, Justyna Pawlak, Andrius Sytas, model pagar beton terbaru Krisztina Than, Niklas Pollard, Jason Hovet, Janis Laizans, Anna Pruchnicka, Olena Harmash; Written material by Gabriela Baczynska, Matthias William Carlos Williams and Oengus MacSwan; Editing by Alex Richardson and Leslie Howard Goller)