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Israeli air defence systems intercept projectiles amid an Iranian attack on Israel, as seen from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. IMAGES
As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asks allies for more Patriot air defence systems. SOUNDBITE
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv during his second visit to Israel since the start of its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the October 7 attacks. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34GA4G6_EN
The defence of Europe without Ukraine would be a "futile task", Kyiv's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells the press as he arrives for a meeting of his North Atlantic Treaty Organization counterparts in Brussels. Speaking after greeting the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Kuleba adds that he believes the Ukrainian armed forces to now be currently "the strongest and the most battle-hardened army in Europe" as its war against Russia's invading forces drags on towards a third year. Kuleba and his NATO counterparts on Wednesday are set to agree on a plan for reforms aimed at helping Ukraine towards eventual membership in the alliance. IMAGES
Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in his rare visit to Japan, the first time since 2019. IMAGES
Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen hails a "big day for Finland" says as the Nordic nation becomes the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of military non-alignment. IMAGES
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