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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has never asked for Western troops to fight Russia's invasion, the White House says after French President Emmanuel Macron said he would not rule out the idea. "President Zelensky isn't asking for that, he's just asking for the tools and capabilities. He's never asked for foreign troops to fight for his country," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Russia was striking Ukraine's infrastructure to make up for battlefield losses by its troops. "I think what we saw yesterday is actually a sign of weakness, because the reality is that they are not able to make progress on the battlefield. Russia is actually losing on the battlefield," Stoltenberg tells journalists. SOUNDBITE
NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, announces that a nuclear war "will have severe consequences for Russia" during a press conference following Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signing an annexation accord with the Kremlin-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions. SOUNDBITE
It is "urgent" that the UN's atomic watchdog be allowed to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is under Russian military control, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
NATO is stepping up chemical and nuclear defences for it forces in eastern Europe in the face of fears over Russia's war on Ukraine, says alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
NATO Foreign Ministers meet following Russia's shelling of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine as the conflict intensifies. Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror", after Europe's largest atomic power plant was attacked and taken over, sparking Western horror at the threat of Russia's war contaminating all of Europe. IMAGES