US President Joe Biden told CNN that while Ukraine's NATO membership is premature, the US and its NATO allies will continue to provide President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his troops with the security and weapons they need to try to end the war with Russia.

"I don’t think it’s ready for membership in NATO. I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war, he said, adding, "So, I think we have to lay out a rational path for Ukraine to be able to qualify to get into NATO. The US would be ready, while the process [of Ukraine’s accession into NATO] is going on, and it’s going to take a while, to provide the security à la we provide to Israel."