 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met for bilateral talks on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 12. On July 11 NATO leaders said that Ukraine should be able to join the military alliance at some point in the future, but they stopped short of offering key of an immediate invitation, angering Zelensky. The leaders were meeting at a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius as Ukrainian troops struggled to make significant gains in a counteroffensive against the Russian invasion forces occupying parts of the country. We are ready. We are ready.