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Ukraine may have gotten support and vague assurances from NATO leaders in Vilnius this week, but ultimately it received no clear commitment that it will be joining the club any time soon

Ukrainian president’s frustration threatened to overshadow meeting – and did not go unnoticed by other leaders

Security organisation founded in 1949 now has 31 members who are set to spend $1.26trn on defence this year. The alliance has a collective military might of 3.5m army personnel to call upon

When Nato held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s President Emmanuel Macron had publicly declared Nato “brain-dead” in 2019, and nobody could find a good reason…

G7 countries have announced security assurances to Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks, a move decried by Moscow.

The Group of Seven nations announced plans for a series of bilateral agreements in support of Ukraine

Both the US and the UK have told Ukraine that ‘we’re not Amazon’, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

Defence Secretary urges Volodymyr Zelensky to show more appreciation for military aid on the final day of the Nato summit in Lithuania

The UK, US, Japan, Canada, France, Germany and Italy have signed a pact commiting to new measures to help the war-tour country in its war with Russia.

Progress expected at Nato summit thanks to attendance of Japan’s PM but no mention made in latest talks

Western countries had strongly opposed resolution, arguing it conflicted with laws on free speech