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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: President Joe Biden speaks to guests on the south lawn on July 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Bidens hosted a Fourth of July BBQ and concert with military families and other guests on the south lawn of the White House. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Biden authorizes 3,000 reserve troops to Europe

President Joe Biden authorized the Pentagon to deploy up to 3,000 reservists to Europe in response to the war in Ukraine on Thursday.

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JULY 11: Leaders attend the opening high-level session of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The summit is bringing together NATO members and partner countries heads of state from July 11-12 to chart the alliance's future, with Sweden's application for membership and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine as major topics on the summit agenda. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Analysis of NATO Summit

This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania focused heavily on Ukraine and the bloc’s ongoing conflict with Russia.

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JULY 11: US President Joe Biden attends the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The summit is bringing together NATO members and partner countries heads of state from July 11-12 to chart the alliance's future, with Sweden's application for membership and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine as major topics on the summit agenda. (Photo by Paul Ellis - Pool/Getty Images)

Biden is ‘serious’ about prisoner exchange with Russia for WSJ reporter

President Biden announced that his administration is “serious” about pursuing a prisoner exchange for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days.

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JULY 11: (Back Row L-R) Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Incumbent president of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovačevski, Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, President of Poland Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa, Romanian President Klaus Iohannes, President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (Middle Row L-R) President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, President of France Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir (obscured) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (obscured), (Front Row L-R) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolai Denkov, Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez and Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob pose for a family photograph on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The summit is bringing together NATO members and partner countries heads of state from July 11-12 to chart the alliance's future, with Sweden's application for membership and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine as major topics on the summit agenda. (Photo by Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images)

NATO leaders agree to send Ukraine an invite when ‘conditions are met’

This year’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ended with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receiving more pledges of weapons and ammunition from the West in order to fight Russia’s invasion, however, no clear timeline or path for his country to join NATO was given.

A casing of a cluster bomb rocket lays on the snow-covered ground in Zarichne on February 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. to send cluster bombs to Ukraine

White House officials told NPR that the Biden administration plans to send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of the next military aid package.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a joint press conference with Spain's Prime Minister following their talks in Kyiv, on July 1, 2023. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in Kyiv on July 1, 2023, to signal EU support for Ukraine as the country's commander-in-chief said he was frustrated by the slow deliveries of Western weapons. (Photo by Sergei CHUZAVKOV / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine war will never end until nation claims Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday that Ukraine would never consider a peaceful agreement in its 16-month conflict with Russia as long as Moscow controls Crimea.