According to Western mass media, Russia is intent on accomplishing it ahead of a NATO summit, which will take place in Vilnius on 11-12 July.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/mlrs-rocket-production-hot-button-interview-signals-to-new-ambassadors-in-hot-presidents-week-159710-2023/

Biden is in Vilnius, Lithuania meeting with other NATO leaders at a summit where Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken center stage.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jesse-watters-condemns-biden-for-not-physically-shoving-aside-other-world-leaders-like-trump-did-biden-doesnt-do-that/

But the failure to go much beyond a 2008 vow on future membership appeared a bitter blow to Zelensky, who was in Vilnius to address an admiring crowd of Lithuanian supporters in a packed city square ahead of his meetings with the NATO leaders.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/allies-disappoint-zelensky-plea-nato-membership-timetable.1043066

Earlier, President Zelensky said the majority of NATO members stood together with his country and the Vilnius summit must confirm that Ukraine is a de facto member of the military alliance.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/europe-news/2023/07/11/ukraine-russia-troops-trap-bakhmut/

Erdogan, whose country has been holding off its final approval to Sweden’s NATO membership, made the comments in Ankara on Monday before departing to the alliance’s summit meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/nation-world/amazon-prime-day-larry-nassar-stabbed-in-florida-prison-and-more-of-todays-trending-topics/article_6b49f290-8f16-50f1-9f8d-4c6626096d20.html

Finally, despite the RAF’s advantages, NATO rededicated itself at the Vilnius summit to equip the AFU with ever more lethal weapons.

Source: https://southsidepride.com/2023/08/01/the-ukraine-russia-war-where-we-are-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ukraine-russia-war-where-we-are-now

"It's unprecedented and absurd when a time frame is set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership," Zelenskyy tweeted as he headed to the annual NATO summit in Vilnius.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/nato-summit-vilnius-lithuania-anthony-albanese-joins-talks-as-volodymyr-zelenskyy-slams-absurd-lack-of-timetable/412e415e-c5d6-47d0-b4b7-ae39faa4f642

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda and his wife Diana Nausediene wait to greet guests arriving for the social dinner during the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/ambiguous-nato-statement-on-ukraine-fuels-cries-of-appeasement/article_87667d29-475d-597e-ab9f-9e051ffad978.html

Looking ahead to the NATO Vilnius Summit, we need first and foremost NATO's new regional defense in place.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1608990467/prime-minister-german-leadership-crucial-to-peace-in-europe

Members of Nato - a military alliance of 31 Western nations - will then meet in Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66146457?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

NATO committed to eventual membership for Ukraine in 2008 under President George W. Bush, a goal Stoltenberg reiterated in Vilnius.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/world/nato-summit-reaches-agreement-on-admitting-sweden-but-faces-division-over-ukraine/

On the sidelines of the NATO summit held in Vilnius in July, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced Erdogan’s intention to promptly submit Sweden’s NATO membership application to the parliament for approval.

Source: https://praguemonitor.com/news/21/08/2023/erdogan-may-not-let-sweden-into-nato-until-quran-burning-is-addressed/

"Our position is clear: the government supports Stockholm's accession to the Atlantic Alliance," said Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on his Facebook account before leaving for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/11/hungary-signals-it-is-ready-to-join-turkey-in-approving-swedens-bid-for-nato-membership

Poland and the Baltic states have also been seeking to use the July NATO summit in Vilnius as the occasion for promoting Ukraine’s membership.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/daniel_larison/2023/04/12/what-to-do-with-ukraine-and-the-loose-and-baggy-monster-that-is-nato/

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (R) pose for a photograph on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/07/erdogans-nato-moves-agitate-russia-dont-spell-turkeys-sharp-shift-west

President of the EU Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen said: “A historic step in Vilnius.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/turkey-backs-swedens-nato-membership-stoltenberg-28/

Prime minister Rishi Sunak boards his plane departing to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he is to attend a NATO Summit on July 11, 2023.

Source: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/defence-giants-bae-systems-awarded-ps280m-by-ministry-of-defence-to-supplement-munitions-amid-ukraine-war-4214382

Speaking at a press conference on the last day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, the British prime minister said Volodymyr Zelenskyy had expressed gratitude to him personally on multiple occasions.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/uks-sunak-tries-to-smooth-things-out-after-his-defense-secretary-urges-ukrainian-gratitude/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Tang was visiting Vilnius in her first foreign visit since being appointed as digital minister in August 2022.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/taiwan-ukraine-ready-assist-digital-reconstruction-3204531?cid=cna_flip_070214

The decision was unanimously made by the EOA Board during the EOA Congress held from 8th to 11th November in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1142620/olympia-association-european-academies