Ukrainian president Zelensky will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania, to engage with NATO leaders at the summit. President Zelensky calls for NATO to deliver unequivocal support for Ukraine’s membership, surpassing the 15-year-old statement that Ukraine may eventually be inducted into the alliance. However, US president Biden has stated in a CNN interview that Ukraine is not “ready for membership in NATO”, highlighting the risk that the alliance’s Article 5 security guarantees could inadvertently pull the organization into a war with Russia. Biden has consistently maintained that the US does not intend to engage in combat with Russia.