NATO’s promises to Ukraine mark real progress

As he headedNATO to ’s gathering in Vilnius, a tetchy Volodymyr Zelensky called it “unprecedented and absurd” that Ukraine was apparently not being given a of the alliance. If that was meant as a last-ditch attempt to twist arms, it failed. The final communiqué, as he feared, refers to a need for conditions to be met and for allies to agree, even as it avoids dates and timelines.