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NATO defence spending target may come 'too late' for Ukraine crisis: Denmark

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, looks on as Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addresses a media conference during the Vilnius Summit at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, 2 June, 2025. © Mindaugas Kulbis / AP

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned regional allies Monday that a NATO target to boost defence spending by 2032 would come "too late", as countries arm in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. She was speaking at a summit in Vilnius, attended by Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

The NATO summit in Vilnius on 2 June brought together the alliance’s eastern flank members – the Bucharest Nine –along with Nordic countries.

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