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Rishi Sunak calls for 'progress' on Ukraine's bid to join NATO as leaders meet

The Prime Minister called on alliance chiefs to show Kyiv’s bid had moved forward since the organisation first agreed in principle in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine could one day join the alliance

Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2023

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 503 of the invasion

France offers longer-range missiles to Kyiv as Nato summit gets underway in Vilnius; Stoltenberg cautions Russia over its nuclear rhetoric

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

Stoltenberg says NATO will invite Ukraine to join ‘when conditions are met’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Vilnius Tuesday that the Alliance will extend an invitation to Ukraine to join when "members agree and conditions are met". The lack of a timetable for Ukraine's membership pathway angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who before arriving in Vilnius earlier…

France 24 · Jul 11, 2023

Metal detectorists find buried WWII aircraft in Ukraine while disarming wartime bomb

The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union in 1941 to help the Allied war effort, but they were dumped to avoid payment.

LiveScience · Jul 10, 2023

Britain plays down rift with US over Ukraine ahead of crunch summit

Rishi Sunak will push for clear pathway to Kyiv’s membership to Western military alliance

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Time to meet 2% defence spending pledge, Sunak to tell Nato allies

The British Prime Minister will use the Vilnius summit to push for Nato to be strengthened and for continued support for Ukraine.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

NATO ‘must confirm’ Ukraine is ‘de facto’ a member: Zelenskyy

While questions about weapons provision to Ukraine continue to be debated by NATO, the country’s leader seems confident.

Al Jazeera · Jul 10, 2023

Ukrainian minister says he fears Russia has "no red lines" to prevent attacks on nuclear plant

Ukraine's Energy Minister says the catastrophic collapse of a dam in southern Ukraine has made Kyiv worried that Russia might stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to foment panic and quell Ukrainian advances on the frontline

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

The Guardian view on supplying cluster bombs: not just a ‘difficult’ decision, but the wrong one

Editorial: The US is to transfer the devastating weapons to Ukraine. Kyiv is in a desperate struggle – but Joe Biden should not have approved this

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023