Britain, the United States and global allies were due to unveil new security assurances for Ukraine on Wednesday, after a NATO summit the day before said Kyiv would be welcome in the alliance but stopped short of naming a date or exact conditions.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced the outcome as "absurd", saying Ukraine deserved a clear timetable while it was fighting against a Russian invasion launched in February 2022.
Instead, a declaration by the G7 world's most industrialised countries "will set out how allies will support Ukraine over the coming years to end the war and deter and respond to any future attack", said a British government statement.
In practice, this would come as bilateral agreements with Kyiv on long-term military and financial aid to keep Ukraine's army and economy running. A White House official said the United States would start such talks with Kyiv "soon".
Reuters
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