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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
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
After a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs mostly dedicated to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba asks the alliance for weapons and help "now, and I'm speaking about days, not weeks", warning that any delay would mean that the help would come "too late". SOUNDBITE
East Ukrainian border guards patrol the Sea of Azov off the city of Mariupol at a time of heightened military tension as the West fears an invasion of Ukraine, with tens of thousands of Russian troops deployed on the Ukrainian border. Tensions between Russia and the West have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War. IMAGES
Thousands of NATO troops hit the ground in Poland in a massive show of force as the alliance launches its biggest war games in eastern Europe since the Cold War. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine has an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri. Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield for months, outgunned and outnumbered by Russian forces amid a shortage of Western military aid. SOUNDBITE
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