nato helps, but makes no promises.even during the biden presidency, the united states opposed rapid accession, and this position was supported by germany. many hopes were pinned on last year's anniversary summit of the alliance in washington, where nato celebrated 75 years. however , only at the last moment in the final declaration did a phrase about the irreversibility of ukraine's membership appear. again, without any dates or even conditions for accession. but donald trump's victory has defined a new reality, and now even such cautious formulations may remain a thing of the past. this year's nato summit in the hague should give clear signals to putin about the alliance's support for ukraine. in order to draw even more attention to our state, the kyiv security forum is holding a special invitation with the participation of members of the nato parliamentary assembly, ukrainian and foreign politicians, diplomats and experts. the meeting is dedicated to international support for ukraine and the implementation of two mos

what do you expect from tomorrow's summit nato? well, i expect that nato member states, 32 countries, will decide to allocate 5% of their gross domestic product to their own security, which means that 3.5% will go directly to the army, 1.5% to infrastructure projects related to security, and there is such an agreement, including in spain, italy, and there... the main point is that this is planned to be done by 2035 , that is, there is time, there is time to calmly prepare for this, but the most important thing for me, what i heard is important, that obviously countries will be able to count this 5% and the assistance that they provide to ukraine, because it is actually assistance with ammunition, military equipment, weapons, and these are really... resources that are allocated for the security of all of europe, so here i think, if it happens, it is a positive option for ukraine. actually, president zelensky had such an idea, he said about 0.25%, i understand, of this amount, which could go directly to help ukraine? well, yes, presi

i'm lucy hockings at the nato summit in the hague, where leaders are gathering for the nato summit. the one man everyone was waiting to see was president trump he hush shown up, there were nerves of the past few days that he would not come, but he arrived, air force one landed. we were expecting mr trump to arrive here in a great mood. two bigs wins. a ceasefire, he claims, between israel and iran - and boost in defence spending commitments from his nato allies. but as he made his way to his flight, president trump lashed out at israel and iran, using an expletive as he accused both sides of violating the ceasefire. this time yesterday, iran launched missiles at the american military base in qatar in retaliation for us air strikes on iranian nuclear facilities. just after 5am uk time, the president took to social media to declare a ceasefire and urged both sides not to violate it. missiles were fired by both sides - though iran says it was before the truce came into effect. our north american editor sarah smith has been following the days developments. israel launched a barrage of a

nato sec general rutte said believes the us president is indeed committed to nato's article five principle. let's bring in ian brzezinski, senior fellow at the atlantic council and former us deputy assistant secretary of defence for europe and nato policy. thank you very much for being with us. when president trump talks about several different definitions of this article five, and it's not just any article, is it? it's the absolute cornerstone of what nato is, defending any member state that is attacked. do you think that undermines the nato alliance? it certainly doesn't reinforce confidence. you zeroed in on one of the two key issues that i think are defining this summit, and that first key issue is what is president trump going to signal at the nato summit to his fellow allies of state about america's commitment to europe? i think our allies are approaching this meeting with a certain amount of trepidation because they remember the first term of president trump, it was a tumultuous period in the transatlantic security relationship that actually weakened european confidence and us commi

i would say that about nato, and no one said that ukraine would not exist. and let's remember the words of orban, who said before that his main goal and task was that ukraine would never join nato. and after the summit, no one heard orban b... he was shocked, we all know that orban depends on donald trump himself, they are orienting themselves, and he has elections in hungary now, and it is not known what his position will be, because a little bit of them there they fell silent. if we take the parries, then taras ivanovich did not say that volodymyr zelensky was expected, he was late, it started at 11 o'clock, it was a full hall, because we always see on television that parries speak in empty halls, there was such a furor here, and today in... as was said, donald trump said that he is waiting for putin with erdogan, if necessary, he will come to ankara, or wherever he is in dear turkey, he will come, he will speak, so it is positive and this is definitely a victory for our diplomacy this week and this it was nice to watch, because the whole world was so alar

ukraine's path to nato was not a straight line. rather, it was a winding path with numerous twists and turns and crossroads. kyiv established relations with the alliance back in 1991 under president leonid kryvchuk. and already in 1994 , ukraine was one of the first, along with the baltic countries, to join the "partnership for peace" initiative. during the presidency of leonid kuchma, cooperation with the alliance deepened. in 1997 , a charter on a special partnership was signed, and in 2004, ukraine officially declared its intention to become a member of nato. but this step coincided with the political crisis. the duvola scandal, the vegongadze affair, suspicions of supplying chain mail to iraq, international isolation. in july of that year, kuchma canceled the course for accession. in the military doctrine, only a phrase about deepening cooperation with nato as a guarantor of security remained. after the orange revolution, the course for nato was resumed. president viktor yushchenko clearly stated: ukraine seeks membership in th

nato. as you very well know, he's been in that role for something over a year but was for 14 years the prime minister of the netherlands. the longest-serving to date and a prime minister ship that really encapsulated the views that he has come to argue as head of nato about the need for countries to work together. i think that that is what we will hear more of today we met thank you for the introduction. it is a pleasure to be here which is still one of the world leading think tank. it is a real honor to be here. it has been producing ideas for the more than a century. this is a place where want to share the plan to build a better nato. this plan at the heart of our summit. i want to think united kingdom for more than seven decades of continuous but commitment to nato. it makes contributions to our security. the army, the force in estonia. i asked jets patrolling over skies as part of nato's air police mission. nato's commands directs our naval operations. in royal navy ships protect. with

to stephanie babs, who was nato deputy assistant secretary general from 2006 to 2012 and nato's strategic foresight team from 2012 to 2020. good to have you with us here on bbc news. let's talk first about president trump of course because all eyes were home, this is a summit that was built around her. he not only committed to this 5% defend uh defense, this 5% target uh for all of the nato countries, said it was his triumph, but he also reaff the us commitment to article 5 stephanie and spoke so warmly about the other nato allies, is there generally going to be a sense of relief at how well the summit has gone and that he is now totally on board, it seems. well, i'm not sure how others uh feel about the summit, i can only share with you how i feel about it, and just listening to the very lofty and submissive words of the nato secretary general mark rutter in the presence of president trump. "i was wondering, i mean, whether the strategic political level of ambition of nato allies is really that low. there was no talk, no discussion about russia, there was no answer to the question how we

not a single nato soldier. that says to me that nato is making a decision that it is unprepared to go to war with russia to defend ukraine. if that is the case then why should nato extend in article five guarantee to a country that we are obligated to go to war to defend? >> thank you. there are perhaps divergent views on this but i want to give one more opportunity to speak to the ambassador because i know you have to leave early. first of all, i would like to know how you see the role of ukraine in its relationship with nato in the future. have we learned enough from ukraine? you talked about the european defense industry. shouldn't we use this more to prepare europeans for a potential future? also, china will not play a major role at this nato summit. is that something that concerns you, the lack of pressure on china for its support of russia's war? would you like to see more in that direction coming up at the nato summit? >> i would like to make a couple of points. first of all, i do think that at some poin

so we will make nato stronger by spending and producing more and we will make nato fairer by rebalancingthe burden of our security with every ally contributing their fair share. we will benefit from the protection transatlantic alliance provides and it's vital that every member of nato pulls their weight because america has carried too much of the burden for too long. america's allies have broad shoulders and europe and canada will do more for our shared security and that will be backed by america's rock solid commitment to nato. as well as becoming stronger and fairer nato will become more lethal. rest assured we will always be a defensive alliance, becoming more lethal means strengthening our defence posture, providing a militaries with what they need to keep us safe and showing any aggressor we can and will hit back harder. without military power and our resolve to use it if necessary no one should even think about attacking us. president putin does not act like someone who is interested in peace. russia continues to strike civilian targets in ukraine day after day, night after night.

he's the nato chief of course, the secretary general and a congrat. ulated him for his truly extraordinary action in iran and for getting his nato allies in europe to pay in a big way on defense. now on this message to the president, mark rutter wrote, let me tell you, my dear president, dear donald, congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in iran. you are flying into another big success in the hague this evening. it was not easy, we've got them, we've got them all signed on to 5%. donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment. us and europe and the world, you will achieve something that no american president and decades could have got done. well, of casper valcamp is the foreign minister for the netherlands and he's at the summit and joined me a short time ago. i asked him what he made of that exchange between mark rotter and president trump. it's typical for the president trump is, but it's also typical mark rutter style kind of communication. i've been working with him when he was dutch prime minister for many years

and nato. but i would not be amazed at that debate because most allies are having those discussions. to your first question, i have a clear view on when we should achieve that. i keep that to myself because we are having these consultations now, with allies and these discussions are ongoing and we will in the end agree on a date when we have to be there. for me it is important -- it will be a flat line we meet in brussels and the year we have to achieve, the 3.5%, 1.5% and then all of a sudden because you cannot spend all of that money in one year, there is an absorption capacity issue. you can only spend so much extra each year so there has to be a credible path that is very important, that countries commit to that and develop that path and share it with nato so that we do not have the same as in 2014 where we commit to 2%. nothing happened and then everyone woke up in brussels in 2018 and spending went up, so we have to have a credible path, and then on the -- what i propose is 3.5% core disp

i have already said in many interviews what nato and ukraine will do, will nato really only fight backhere from... the occupation of lithuania or poland, and we will observe peacefully and calmly, but definitely not, nato itself can attack the kaliningrad region, completely take over the kaliningrad region of the russian federation, deporting all russian citizens from there, russia will lose the kaliningrad region, this is the first thing that russia does not expect, secondly, ukraine too may not sit and watch on tv what is happening there in the north, or may immediately and must immediately liberate its territories in the kherson region, zaporizhia region, further with access to crimea, well, this is at least, that is, so that russia is absolutely not ready for such a development of events, a war on two fronts, in the north and in the south, when ukraine liberates its territories, and russia does not have enough resources to fight against nato and ukraine at the same time, we must consider all options and prepare for them, and ukraine can be ready for this, if it receives the appropr

or two, ukraine will never join nato, not because , but because nato will not exist, but because nato is not about, which will not pass the test now by war, uh, it will simply not be needed in this form, simply not needed, because the main goal now. nato is deterring russia, right, will be transferred to lithuania, there deterring russia, without ukraine they can deter russia? i think no, there is no more containment, they are now doing even more with the concept of avoidance, that is, it means that we have already stopped deterrence, because deterrence has not worked, russian troops enter estonia, estonians fight for 48 hours, and then somewhere there a ship approaches, so it goes somewhere on unknown platforms. where is it going, they have it all broken down, there is not that much, they have already acknowledged all this, they still have to make a decision, the lithuanians asked, no, give it now, the estonians are asking, give it, give it right away, so that they can see the russians, that we will defend ourselves, so without ukraine they will not achieve this goal, here we are str

and what a huge shock to the nato system. those visits were because of the way that he was so unrelenting in his attacks on free riders, freeloaders and nato as, as he called them. so he didn't start this change to see change. he started going, but i want to stress once again, that is a threat from a new layer aggressive russia that is really driven the pace now and really brought of the nato allies around to really recognizing that they cannot do it without building up and monetizing their capability and ensuring that their defense industries are up to the job as well. well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. we've been speaking with former deputy nato secretary general rose customer. you're welcome. and let's take a look now at the even bigger picture, because an observatory in, if she leaves a talk on the desert, has released new images from deep space captured by the world's biggest digital camera. the $800000000.00 telescope photographed the vibrant traffic and lagoon nebulas thousands of light

: make us members of nato, even then in bucharest in 2008 it was decided that the doors to nato were open, well, it's true that a little bit of time has passed from 2008 to the 25th, so the issue of a legal decision on the possibility of granting ukraine nato membership was still decided in bucharest and confirmed in washington, and now, in order not to quarrel with the american administration, in order not to get a negative answer, which... which the russians wanted, i want to remind you that the russians insisted in closed consultations with the americans, this is what we know that the decision of the members of the alliance was changed. and that it was canceled, where exactly that decision was canceled, where it was stipulated that ukraine would become a member of the alliance, the russians did not receive this, and this will not happen, and therefore the fact that the declaration that will be made public indicates not just ukraine, it indicates the need to support ukraine and did not go into a conflict zone with the americans in terms of making other decisions, i believe that thi

increasing defense spending of nato members to 5% of gdp is a key and expected decision of the nato summitt only here was agreement reached. the alliance countries declared unwavering assistance to ukraine. before the summit, there were fears that ukraine would not be given much attention, especially against the backdrop of escalation in the middle east, especially on the iran-us line. however, ukraine took a central place in the discussions and decisions of nato countries. you can count on us now and in the future, so that you can protect yourself, so that you are stronger at the negotiating table, so that you can deter aggression in the future and on your irreversible path to nato. we will support you now and during future challenges. ukraine deserves peace more than anyone. i think we will all agree with this. the intrigue of the summit is the meeting of the president of ukraine and the president of the united states, it took place and both leaders assessed it positively. trump also promised to consider the possibility providing ukraine with patriot installations, he was specifically ap

at the nato summit. let me take through some of the top lines of what he said was that he said nato are stronger than ever with a new defence spending commitment that all the nato allies have signed up to. we are raising defence and security spending to 5% of gdp by 2035, making a tour not only stronger, fairer, but more lethal than ever, including protecting our cyber security and energy networks as well. he said investment would also benefit of the uk, it will become a job-creating machine. and also mention the uk is committed to buying new f35-a jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, marking a return to nuclear deterrence for three decades. making it clear that like other nato leaders here today, our commitment to the alliance is unshakeable. welcome back to the hague, where after months of pressure from a president trump, what we have just seen as a leaders, members from the nato military alliance making a landmark agreement. they have agreed, all the member nations, to commit to 5% of their natio

you are talking about nato, he is at the nato summit, nato can be confident in the president that has will to say what he means if you have a country that crosses us. that bolsters credibility of nato. >> carley: here is more of the president just moments ago. >> president trump: very good. israel came back yesterday, i was so proud of them, they came back. they went out, they felt there was violation and technically they were right. it wouldn't have worked out very well. they brought their planes back. there was a little bit of a violation. i said, you got to get them back and they came back and it was a great thing and it is going well. >> carley: president confirming israel-iran ceasefire is going well for now. he made that phone call to prime minister netanyahu to call the planes back from potential iranian attack. while on the plane going to this nato summit, he also said during the remarks to media he believes the united states will have some form of relationship with iran in the years to come after this conflict is over. what do you think about that? feels like the president is

, mark rutte, said the biggest threat to nato and nato allies is russia. do you think the alliance is prepared for a potential russian aggression if it happens today, tomorrow? oh, absolutely. i think when you see the shift in the posture of nato members after 2022, it clearly puts nato in a particularly strong position in the event that russia... even thought about taking an inch of nato territory, then nato is ready to fight back in the baltic states, in poland, romania, bulgaria, you know, absolutely, nato will be able to fight back, and that's an important strength of nato, that it's a deterrent, it doesn't seek to create a hot war, it doesn't seek to create aggression, but nato wants to make it absolutely clear that it's deterring any aggression. and the last question will be about the future. today and tomorrow there is this nato summit in gaza. what is the atmosphere, what do you feel? has it changed significantly since last year, for example in washington with the change of administration in the united states. well, i see this as a partnership, and

of course, certainly we have, uh, we have uh, made the preconditions for that at the nato at the nato summit. not only are we speaking about the inputs of the 5 percent of g d p as well as a agreed that the summit. but this is a number that actually comes out of the operational planning and capability planning that is adjacent or, you know, he's following up the operational plans and what we'd actually need to be able to conduct the defensive operations. should there be uh, the needs to do that in nato. so, yes, nato will actually develop a, the capabilities incorporation with the industry. and we have seen the industry being engaged at the summit, very, very actively creating the capacity to sustain any potential conflict situation and support the time that it will be necessary. and the question is, of course, why is this happening and why is that happening now? because of donald trump was arguably the sold protagonist of the latest nato summit . will nato from roland, just do whatever trump wants. know, and i think it's an unfortunate narrative also of cost. trump is important, and

will never join nato, not because , but because nato will not exist, but because nato is not, whichl not pass the test now by war, it will simply not be needed in this form, simply not needed. because the main goal now of nato is to deter russia, right, will be transferred to lithuania, there is deterrence of russia, can they deter russia without ukraine? i think that no, they ca n't deter anymore, they. they are now even more doing the concept of avoidance, that is, it means that deterrence has not worked at all, because deterrence, little by little, russian troops enter estonia, estonians fight for 48 hours, and then somewhere there the mescha approaches, so it goes somewhere, it is not known on which platforms, where it goes, they have all this collapsed, there is not that much, they have already admitted all this, they still have the decision, the resolutions, the tones lithuanians ask, they asked, no. the russians saw that we would defend ourselves, so without ukraine, they will not achieve this goal, here we are strategic partners with nato, but it is necessary over time, i th

our special broadcast today is dedicated to the nato summit, which is taking place in gaaz.yes, the american president has already said that he will probably meet with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky on the sidelines of the north atlantic alliance summit in gaza. i quote: now trump. trump said this already when he boarded air force one. yes, i probably met him, see you, - the american president noted. and when asked what he would say to president zelensky, trump replied. i will tell you how it is. he is in a difficult situation, he should not have gotten into it. well, now i have a special correspondent of tv channel kalus, who works in various european institutions, tetyana vysok, a current conversation with the commissioner of the european union andrius kubilius, yes, commissioner kubilius is responsible for the security of the european union, yes, and for various space programs, but we are interested in the agenda of the euro-atlantic summit in the context of our ukrainian interests. tetyana, we are waiting for your word, about everything that is most importan

ukrainians use largely nato equipment, nato weapons, nato army organization systems, etc., all this togethers that the ukrainian army is actually already a nato army, only this has not been officially approved. and this political addition is only something additional. usually it happened the other way around, first political decisions were made on nato expansion, and then european armies adapted, here it is the other way around, because the ukrainian army is already de facto nato. the problem is that the leaders of some western countries do not understand this. allies, and apparently rutte also does not have quite the same vision. hungarian prime minister viktor orban was asked about ukraine in nato and nato's role in stopping putin in ukraine. he replied: no, nato is in ukraine and ukraine is in nato, and i am here to harm that. he was not so smart when hungary did not feel safe. it is easy to be in nato and make yourself a cheap lawyer for putin, because that is how i perceive it. orban makes himself a cheap lawyer for putin, but putin does not need him. so how to reverse this position? th

if president donald trump pulls the us out of nato, nato would be gone.odymyr zelenskyy spent monday in the uk, first with the king at windsor castle. do you want to shake hands? please shake hands, thank you very much, thank you. and then with the prime minister, sir keir starmer, where, according to him, he again discussed the issue of introducing additional sanctions against moscow. i am really proud that we were able to support ukraine throughout the conflict, and we will continue to do so until the very end. hopefully, until the ceasefire, when ukraine will be in the strongest position possible. it is great to raise the flags. a symbol of the unity of our states. this is a truly historic moment. today we had a good result, the decision on joint production. i think this will be a powerful step that will strengthen both nations. it is very important to share experiences. we are grateful for this meeting, for the decision taken on military and financial support for ukraine. thank you. and you are planning to meet with donald trump at the nato summit. i

he's a known nato sceptic. this whole summit was essentially designed around wooing donald trump, trying hard to get him to commit to nato and to the defence of all of its allies, trying so hard that the nato secretary general used almost excruciatingly fawning language and even imitated donald trump's use of capital letters in a private message that the us president made public just before he got here: 100,000 us troops are stationed in europe. many, like these on a nato training exercise, are based in the east, close to russia, to protect nato allies. donald trump is not the first president to complain europe must do more for its own defence. this time, europe's listening. we are here at the nato summit at a crucial time because i think everybody recognises that the world is more volatile now than it's been for a long time. nato is stronger now. that's what ukraine's president fervently hopes. and to get donald trump's buy-in at dinner tonight with the dutch king and queen and a closed door meeting tomorrow,

this is not nato. nato, of course, deals with issues of ukraine's future membership. and here we have, i would say, a classic excuse. trump says that it will never happen. and ryutto, his friend, insists that ukraine's path to nato is irreversible. on this issue, they simply agreed to disagree. but you know, the big, big question, of course, is what will happen after the current commitments of the united states. the attitude towards ukraine, it seems to me, is quite positive, towards future membership, which is not so urgent now, but the attitude of, for example, donald trump towards ukraine, if one can somehow judge from his quotes, is not so decisive, as, for example, in the middle east, we mentioned this today on air, the war in ukraine is more complicated than anyone could imagine, vladimir putin is a more complicated person, unfortunately, i had problems with zelensky and this is more complicated than any war, here is a translation into russian of donald trump's words to journalists after. inevitably, political scientist georgy chezhov analyzed for us the meeting

start the nato summit? and could we expect our reaction or some kind of assessment of the situation from adult leaders outside? and the second question, if i may come in tomorrow you will have meeting with you and ukraine, can we expect you to arrest the question how you can replace american assistance, which is not granted any more? and could it be a reality for the eu to replace that kind of assistance? on your first question, the attacks on innocent civilians on the cities, communities in ukraine, without any military goal, i totally find a bore into. -- i totally find a bore into. it is against all international rules and this whole attack starting in 2014 and the full-scale attack starting in february 2022 is unprovoked, it is totally seen by everybody in nato as something we collectively have to fight back on, making sure that ukraine has what it needs with our support to take that fight concretely from step to step and make sure that they can defend ukrainian territory. this is the reason why i think

and watch the continuation of nato's broadcast on youtube and facebook. and we are also watching live together right now. e successful completion of this aggressive war of russia, and all this is extremely important for our 1 billion citizens to be safer, and of course, defense investments, since now we, as nato, together with our joint programs, have agreed as a member of the alliance that we should not develop nuclear weapons, we have already said that we... should also fulfill all our obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty . 20 in 2014, the alliance members agreed to invest 2% of gdp in defense, and it is very good news that all the alliance members have now achieved this goal this year, we started in 2025 with many alliance members who have not achieved this goal, but we have made... already quite a lot of progress and our our security situation has also changed and not for the better, now we have many threats so that we can do everything possible to ensure more effective defense and deterrence. nato has concrete defense plans, we know

forces to nato's eastern flank, then not all nato allies will be ready, ready to send their troops. this is in relation to trump's conversation about nato losing article 5. finnish soldiers are trying to capture a forest in northern estonia, but progress is slow, the unit has suffered losses. there are mines on the ground, the infantry is fighting its way through the forest without escort vehicles. the terrain is difficult to traverse, dense forest, it is difficult for us to advance, we do not see the enemy. the enemy is actually a good friend, the finns came to estonia to train with their nato allies. every three years, the army of the smallest baltic country trains as part of a large-scale military exercise. 1,600 soldiers and about 3,500 nato allies take part. today there are no losers, only one common goal - to prepare for the worst case scenario. who is your enemy in real life? of course, the russians, who else, who else? from a military point of view, russian missiles can very quickly, which russia is definitely ready to check, that's the point. this concerns all of us, if you

the man who runs nato is the secretary general. the nato secretary general, mark rutte, has said they'll agree to spend 5% of their gdp on core defence and broader security investments annually within the next decade. it's a target president trump has pushed for, but which some allies are uncomfortable about. but mr rutte has said it nato is already playing catch up against russia when it comes to military production. producing, in three months, what the whole of nato is producing in a year, and they are 25 times smaller as an economy than the overall nato economy. so this is not sustainable, long-term. so we have to ramp it up. and you might say that you also need drones and ai. absolutely. we will do all of that. exactly, we are seeing it here. and we will absolutely do all that. but every general is telling me, and please, not yes, that i'm right, that still, when it comes to warfare, the base is stockpiles of ammunition, ammunition, ammunition. and yes, we also need the drones and ai and modern technology. one person who is kee

nato is thrilled, the missiles can reach nato, there is a facility in poland built to counter iraniansile threat years ago. this is just a complete change. he's taken out an emergent nuclear power and the world is safer and nato allies are glad to have president trump's leadership and glad to have that u.s. military leadership where it really brushes away the shadows of afghanistan and so much else. >> carley: it seems like the president is getting heated about this leaked report, like defense secretary hegseth said, he believes it is politically motivated. seems like the president feels like this is against the pilots on this mission. at the end of remarks, what was brought up was the gaza hostage situation and he said steve witkoff believes a deal could be done very soon. >> yes, remember iran was instrumental in the october 7, 2023 attack, what we're hearing is president trump believes that the u.s. has momentum in the middle east that got rid of irpin and hope that momentum will carry through to get hamas to agree to hostage release and next phase of ceasefire and hopefully to red

russia's actions in recent years, why nato should remind that it should help ukraine, so nato countrieshelp ukraine precisely because they proceed from the logic of the russian threat, and because they are aware of russia's violation of international law, but considering donald trump's position, everything he has said, i would say in recent months, this is a real achievement, an achievement that the president of the united states has agreed that article 5 is inviolable, and this is a signal to politicians like putin, who may be thinking about re-testing nato for strength. it is important that the president of the united states agreed that the justification for nato member states to spend 5% of their gross national product on defense will be based precisely on the long-term russian threat, which already creates significant obstacles in principle to any real economic and political understanding between moscow and washington. it is important that the point about ukraine and about assistance to ukraine is the only mention of partner countries in the gaza summit document. and this also basic

have you given up your ambition to join nato, be part of nato? >> i believe it is an advantageous proposal for nato today to have an ally like ukraine with nato weapons, with new technology that our partners don't have yet. but obviously we are open, we have no secrets. and with experienced people, because our people, at any rate, have had ten years of different types of fighting. but it has been a long, long history. and this isn't just the battlefield, it is the economy. it's survival, it's cyber attacks, it's the banking system, the energy sector and defense. in many, many areas, the water supply. and you don't think about this when there is no war. but from water purification to power in your apartment and gas and nato doesn't have this experience. so this would strengthen nato. i'm not saying we will be in nato. but if somebody says ukraine needs nato, i do believe that this is mutual. it is a mutual opportunity and the mutual need and nato needs ukrainians. >> do you accept it's unlikely to happen? in fact, it's not going to happen. it isn'

summit in gaza, we remind you that today we will be talking live from the hague about the nato summit, which begins together with the kyiv security forum, today from 4 to 6 p.m. there will be a special broadcast on the express tv channel , more than 30 heads of state and government of countries, allies of the alliance, are coming to the hague, there is a meeting going on, volodymyr zelensky is also invited, wait for our broadcasts to be live from the hague of our... panelists and experts on the most important things for ukraine and world security first-hand information about the results of a special event of the kyiv security forum on the sidelines of the nato summit organized by the arseniy yatsenyuk foundation. all this today on espresso from 4 to 6 p.m. stay with us, don't miss it. and we're adding mr. oleksiy, an analyst at the national institute for strategic studies. mr. oleksiy, we congratulate you. congratulations . the guardian writes that the nato summit will be triumphant for trump. and disappointing for ukraine, this is literally such a headline in their columns, what are

, it will not wait until nato is ready, it will strike earlier, before the nato country prepares, yesit will be something hybrid or a test, i don't think there will be enough there, well, there has always been enough stupidity, of course, now they don't know how to get out of this mess, but if they still get in there, and nato is already seriously assessing it, then, well, they should be ready to simply put it out in the open right from the very beginning, like trump's serious strikes did. he said this against iran, and this is for today, we'll see how events will develop, but there has already been a window of peace, we see, israel wants it, iran wants it, and the us, there are nuances there, russia is behind it, and china is too, russia is catastrophically behind it, or doesn't want it, putin doesn't want it, he thought a conflict would break out there, he offered trump, by the way, it's interesting, trump said there on the way to the hague, he said that putin offered him a favor on iran, you know... you understand what that means, in exchange for ukraine, but trump didn't accept it

israel and nato are completely ready. if iran's operation fails, things will be much easier for israel and the arabs will be encouraged to unite with the regime. but if israel fails, that will be a major nightmare for the people in occupied alcuds, those so call alcoats jerusalem have been dealing with the nightmare of iran's attack for 13 days. tonight is a night that the nightmare in jerusalem will take place april 13th, 2024. it has been two weeks since occupied territories descended into chaos. armed individuals are flocking to stores, buying water and basic necessities in preparation for crisis following iran's attack. despite a complete media blackout, the commander of the israeli army has urged residents not to panic by assuring them iran's operation will not be a harsh one. this statement implies situation will not be apocalyptic. there's no need to swarm the stores. these words indicate that the situation is not in their favor at all. the effects of the psychological war have manifested in the behaviors of both t

nato does not care about ukraine. ukraine is not a nato member, nor is russia, and my job is to keep it that way. i asked the estonian minister of defense to comment on these words, he hinted that viktor orban is known for his loud anti-ukrainian statements, but key decisions do not depend on him. well, a year ago, hungary was sitting at the negotiating table when we decided that ukraine had an irreversible path to nato membership. of course, every country has the sovereign right to say what it considers necessary, but nevertheless, this does not mean that ukraine has lost anything. today, the leaders of the eu countries will gather in brussels for the eu summit. one of the topics is the expansion of the european union. but hungary is blocking the progress of negotiations with ukraine on eu membership. volodymyr zelensky was invited to... i will attend the summit in person, but according to diplomats, he is returning home and will only join the summit online. elena abramovich, marok gajduk, currently gaga. we will dis