President Biden will meet with NATO allies and G-7 leaders on Thursday before heading to Poland — a nation grappling with millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war in their country.
President Biden is meeting with NATO allies and G-7 leaders to discuss how to support Ukraine, and how to hold Russia to account for its war on its neighbor. He will then travel to Poland.
"The president is traveling to Europe to ensure we stay united, to cement our collective resolve, to send a powerful message that we are prepared and committed to this for as long as it takes," said Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser. "That family photo is going to show everyone that these guys are unified," said Townsend, now at the Center for a New American Security think-tank."That family photo is one of the most important deliverables coming out of the meeting at NATO."
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will speak to the NATO meeting from Ukraine on Thursday, has been pushing for more defensive support from the alliance. "As time goes on, there's an open question as to whether Russia will continue to tolerate the supply lines" of arms transfers and fuel deliveries to Ukraine being organized from NATO territory, Lesser said.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan briefs reporters ahead of President Biden's trip to Brussels. The United States and other major economies have frozen reserves held by Russia's central bank.
Biden is set to announce"joint action on enhancing European energy security and reducing Europe's dependence on Russian gas at long last," Sullivan said, without providing details.
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