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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets soldiers stationed in Poland accompanied by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the UK leader on a diplomatic visit to Warsaw for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe accompanied by defence minister Grant Shapps comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. 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
Ukrainian troops are starting to run out of ammunition as a huge package of US war aid requested by President Joe Biden remains blocked by Republicans in Congress, says US national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden inspects members of Ireland's armed forces as part of a visit to the official residence of the Irish President, Michael D. Higgins. Higgins and Biden introduce each other to their respective officials outside the presidential residence Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin, as Biden kicks off the second day of his three-day-visit to the Republic of Ireland. IMAGES
Speaking outside the Royal Warsaw Castle, US President Joe Biden refutes the claims made by Russian President Putin that the West sought to harm Russia. "The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia" he says, "the West was not plotting to attack Russia." Biden's comments come after a surprise visit to Kyiv earlier in the week, ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. SOUNDBITE
"Brutality will never grind down the will of the free. And Ukraine... Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia" says US President, Joe Biden, speaking to a crowd gathered outside Warsaw's Royal Castle. Biden's address comes after he visited Kyiv earlier in the week, ahead of the conflict's first anniversary. SOUNDBITE