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Ukraine, Sweden and spending: what's coming up at NATO summit

BRUSSELS: NATO leaders meet in Lithuania on Tuesday for a summit set to be dominated by the alliance's response to Russia's war on Ukraine and Kyiv's push for membership.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10, 2023

Pave way for Turkish EU entry then Sweden can join Nato, says Erdoğan

Surprise obstacle thrown in way of Joe Biden plan involving offer of F-16 jets after last-minute talks

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

NATO unity to be tested at Vilnius summit, Ukraine entry biggest challenge

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO's much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.

France 24 · Jul 10, 2023

US may have solution to Turkey's opposition to Swedish NATO bid

With Nato leaders due to gather in Vilnius Tuesday for a two day summit, Sweden's membership bid hangs in the balance. Turkish President Recep Erdogan, outraged by the burning of a Koran outside a Stockholm mosque, is resisting international pressure over his opposition to Sweden's bid. The Turkish leader is…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 9, 2023

Volodymyr Zelensky brings home Azovstal plant defenders from Turkey

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2023

Biden met King Charles before heading to a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania

President Biden is in Europe this week. He first talked climate change with King Charles. Then he's meeting NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania to talk about the war in Ukraine.

WEKU · Jul 9, 2023

NATO's unity will be tested at summit in Vilnius

NATO leaders have celebrated their unity in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 501 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy announces return of Mariupol commanders from Turkey and Rishi Sunak reiterates UK’s ban on cluster munitions

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2023

Erdogan says Turkey wants 3-month extension of grain deal

Turkey wants the safe-transit deal for Ukrainian grain exports from Black Sea ports extended for three months instead of two, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Ukraine and expansion top NATO agenda as Biden tries to cement unity

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of NATO will come together next week extolling their remarkable unity backing Ukraine in its war with Russia. But serious differences over expansion of the transatlantic alliance threaten to disrupt the harmony and turn the annual summit on its head.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 8, 2023