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Earlier today and also on the theme of gratitude, the US national security adviser said that the "American people deserve a degree of gratitude" for their support of Ukraine.
Speaking at a Nato public forum, Jake Sullivan was pressed by a Ukrainian activist on why Ukraine has not been invited to join the Nato alliance.

Sullivan said that the people of Ukraine are the ones "really carrying the burden" of the war.

But he was also firm in telling the activist, Daria Kaleniuk of the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Ukraine, that the US is already doing a lot to help in the war against Russia.
"The American people have sought - in watching and wanting to stand in solidarity with the brave and courageous people of Ukraine - to step up and deliver."

"And I think the American people do deserve a degree of gratitude - from us, from the United States, from our government, deserve gratitude for their willingness to step up and from the rest of the world, as well, as do every ally and partner that's supporting it," Sullivan said.