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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives with his wife Olena Zelenska to a working dinner at a NATO summit in Vilnius, where they are welcomed by Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda and his spouse Diana Nausediene. Zelensky's visit to Vilnius comes as part of a diplomatic push for a concrete timetable for Ukraine to join the US-led defence alliance, but the summit's failure to go much beyond a 2008 vow on future membership so far appears a bitter blow. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says he looks forward to meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at a summit of the Alliance's leaders this summer. SOUNDBITE
NATO defence ministers gather in Brussels for a ministerial summit, just days after the Hamas offensive in Israel and amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. IMAGES
In a speech to a cheering crowd in Vilnius, US President Joe Biden vows that the West will not abandon Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion. "We will not waver," he tells the crowd assembled in the courtyard of Vilnius University, adding that "we will stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes." IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a bilateral meeting on the second day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lituania. The members of the G7 presented a plan of long-term commitments for the security of Ukraine this morning, after Ukraine's hopes of obtaining a precise timetable for joining the Alliance were dashed. IMAGES