Biden to cap NATO summit with unity plea, as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

VILNIUS (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will tout diplomatic victories in war-weary Europe when he speaks at a NATO summit on Wednesday, celebrating the unity of the U.S.-led alliance over Ukraine as a promise to restore a divided world.

Speaking in Lithuania at the end of an eventful two-day meeting on Russia's doorstep, Biden plans to highlight new assistance for Ukraine and the U.S. role in ushering Sweden into the military alliance despite divisions among Western governments over how to bring the war in Ukraine to an end.