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A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization kicks off in Brussels, with the US-led defence alliance's foreign ministers set to discuss NATO's ongoing backing for Ukraine against Russia amid doubts over US support and a bloody stalemate on the ground. There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West -- at a time that it is distracted by the Israel-Hamas war -- could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels the day after Finland officially joined the Atlantic Alliance, becoming its 31st member, in a historic realignment of Europe's defences spurred by Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
NATO Foreign Ministers meet following Russia's shelling of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine as the conflict intensifies. Ukraine has accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror", after Europe's largest atomic power plant was attacked and taken over, sparking Western horror at the threat of Russia's war contaminating all of Europe. IMAGES
NATO defence ministers meet to discuss military aid for Kyiv ahead of a summit of alliance leaders in Washington in July. IMAGES
EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels with the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny at the top of the agenda. IMAGES