Led by US President Joe Biden, NATO revealed a host of new commitments to Ukraine during its three-day summit in Washington, DC, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the military alliance. "Autocrats aim to disrupt the global order" while "terrorist organizations" continue to scheme malevolently, with Russian President Vladimir Putin aiming to obliterate "Ukraine off the map," Biden stated on Wednesday. "But rest assured, Ukraine can and will thwart Putin, especially with our full, united support," the US leader added, as NATO leaders rallied for additional military and financial aid for the war-affected European nation, affirming Kyiv's future within the alliance. Here's what Ukraine obtained from the summit, more than two years after Russia initiated a complete invasion of its neighboring country, as well as the regions of the world that NATO opted to overlook. What did NATO pledge to Ukraine at the summit? - The alliance confirmed it would equip Ukraine with several extra strategic air defense systems, including four additional Patriot batteries and a SAMP/T defense system. - NATO leaders also committed to providing at least $43 billion in military aid to Ukraine. - Member nations of the alliance also declared other individual and joint measures to bolster Ukraine's security. - The United States, Netherlands, and Denmark announced that Ukrainian military pilots would receive the first NATO-provided F-16 fighter jets, with the US planning to station longer-range missiles in Germany by 2026 in response to the alliance's concerns over Russia's escalating threat to Europe. - Although divergences exist among member states, the summit's statement affirmed that "Ukraine's future lies within NATO" and that the country is on an "irreversible path to complete Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership." - However, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that Ukraine would not join immediately but rather when the conflict with Russia concludes. Has Gaza been addressed at the NATO summit? The conflict in Gaza has largely been disregarded during the summit in Washington, DC. There was no reference to the conflict in the 38-point joint communique that NATO issued on Wednesday, except for how the "conflict, fragility, and instability in Africa and the Middle East" directly impact NATO's security. Biden and most European leaders also remained mum on Gaza. Nonetheless, some leaders did speak out. Yosuf Alabarda, analyst and retired Turkish colonel, mentioned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminded Western leaders in his speech on Tuesday that NATO principles were being violated in Gaza, principles that NATO leaders alleged were being breached by Russia and China. "Erdogan explicitly said in his speech: What happened to your Western values in Gaza?" Alabarda informed Al Jazeera. "To the world, there is an ongoing massacre in Gaza," he remarked, highlighting NATO's general neglect of this issue in favor of focusing on Ukraine. Spain, too, critiqued its counterparts in the alliance, urging the bloc to exhibit the same "cohesion and constancy" for Gaza as they have shown for Ukraine. "We must not be accused of employing double standards that could weaken our backing for Ukraine. Instead, we demand equal cohesion and constancy for Gaza as we do in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed to fellow NATO heads of state in an Atlantic Council session, as reported by Spanish media outlets citing sources from the prime minister's office. "If we assert to our citizens that we support Ukraine because we uphold international law, we must also do the same for Gaza. If we demand respect for international law in Ukraine, we must also demand it in Gaza," Sanchez emphasized. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna, reporting from the summit on Wednesday, remarked on the distinct absence of discussions regarding Gaza, particularly in light of the US's announcement that day about resuming deliveries of 500-pound (227kg) bombs to Israel. Did NATO indicate any other policy shifts? The 32-country alliance appears to have stayed close to its previous policies during this year's summit, solidifying unwavering support for Ukraine and portraying Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea as the primary global security threats. Nevertheless, some alterations were noticeable. China: The alliance intensified its criticisms of China, accusing it of being a "decisive facilitator of Russia's aggression against Ukraine" through its massive backing for Russia's defense industry. The alliance also accused Iran and North Korea of exacerbating the conflict by directly providing military aid to Russia. Georgia: Relations between the country and the West have deteriorated over the past few years, with NATO cautioning in May that Tbilisi's contentious new foreign agents legislation was a departure from Georgia's aspirations to integrate with Europe and join NATO. Since 2008, Georgia has been one of the select nations that NATO has earmarked for future alliance membership if they fulfill a series of conditions. However, at this week's NATO summit, the joint declaration agreed upon by leaders was silent on Georgia's progress towards alliance membership while mentioning Ukraine, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina—the other aspirants for membership. Has the UK's new government influenced support for Ukraine? The summit provided newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with the inaugural opportunity to discuss his administration's foreign policy and bilateral relations with allied leaders. Regarding Ukraine, Starmer pledged that his Labour Party government would sustain the previous Conservative government's support for Kyiv. Steven Seegel, a professor at the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas in Austin, suggested that a Labour government might deepen these ties with Ukraine on military, financial, and humanitarian diplomacy fronts. "Starmer has made a positive impact with his high-profile visits to Ukraine... He personally met with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy on numerous occasions. I recall his visits to Irpin and Bucha in February 2023, to witness Russian war crimes firsthand; these were particularly significant," Seegel informed Al Jazeera. Are Biden's domestic challenges affecting NATO? Biden's internal political challenges significantly influence the bloc's future. Questions about Biden's age and capacity to lead have arisen domestically in recent times, following a debate with Republican rival and former President Donald Trump in which the incumbent president seemed disoriented and unable to communicate effectively. Trump currently leads Biden in polls in vital swing states ahead of the November elections. He has threatened to withdraw the US, a founding NATO member and its primary financial contributor, from the alliance and vigorously opposes providing further aid to Ukraine.