At the two-day NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, tensions between Kyiv and Western capitals were on full display, highlighting fundamental divisions between the war-torn country and its Western partners. Despite attempts to paper over any discord, the summit revealed a complicated relationship between Kyiv and Western capitals, with debates over Ukraine's potential NATO membership being acrimonious and emotionally fraught. Ultimately, a statement was issued that Ukraine was “on the path to NATO membership”, though some analysts have argued this is unwise and unnecessary.
