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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
French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, alongside host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, watch a military honours ceremony ahead of talks on further European military backing for Ukraine. IMAGES
Following the first session of a weapons summit in Germany, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the United States and its allies will meet once a month to discuss Ukraine's defence needs to battle invading Russian troops. SOUNDBITE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for crisis talks ahead of a dramatic visit to Moscow to head off what Berlin sees as the "very critical" threat of a Russian invasion. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges allies to deliver "more weapons to drive Russian forces off our land", in a meeting of Kyiv's backers at the US Ramstein air base in Germany. SOUNDBITE
NATO leaders vow at least 40 billion euros of military aid for Ukraine, as the Alliance summit takes place in Washington. "We have agreed that 40 billion euros is a minimum baseline within the next year, and to ensure sustainable funding for Ukraine to prevail," says Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE