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As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asks allies for more Patriot air defence systems. SOUNDBITE
The defence of Europe without Ukraine would be a "futile task", Kyiv's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells the press as he arrives for a meeting of his North Atlantic Treaty Organization counterparts in Brussels. Speaking after greeting the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Kuleba adds that he believes the Ukrainian armed forces to now be currently "the strongest and the most battle-hardened army in Europe" as its war against Russia's invading forces drags on towards a third year. Kuleba and his NATO counterparts on Wednesday are set to agree on a plan for reforms aimed at helping Ukraine towards eventual membership in the alliance. IMAGES
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, and Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's Secretary General, meet in Brussels at the NATO foreign ministers meeting. As Finland joins the military alliance, Ukraine is also pushing for eventual NATO membership, but Western diplomats say that remains a still distant prospect. IMAGES
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, meets with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, in Moscow. IMAGES
Images of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosting his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow. On December 22, Aremania accused Russian peacekeepers of failing to prevent an "illegal blockade" in Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh region which has sparked two wars between the neighbouring nations. IMAGES
Images of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosting Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow in order to develop bilateral cooperation. IMAGES
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