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NATO defence ministers meet for a second day to discuss Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that 'no final decision' on an Afghanistan withdrawal has been made yet. SOUNDBITE
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
NATO's foreign ministers pose for a group photo at the end of the first day of talks at the US-led defence alliance's headquarters in Brussels debating the creation of a 100-billion-euro, five-year fund for Ukraine. The proposed fund is intended to help arm Kyiv in its fight with Russia. IMAGES
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz visit NATO troops stationed in the northeastern Polish town of Orzysz. IMAGES
NATO defence ministers pose for a group photo as the US defence alliance holds a meeting in Brussels dominated by the ongoing war in Ukraine and the amount spent by member states on their militaries. The meeting comes at a time of heightened worry over American leadership after Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump rocked NATO by suggesting he wouldn't protect allies that don't spend enough on defence. IMAGES