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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (South Korea Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP)

NATO chief: South Korea should provide weapons to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivers a speech to personnel of Japan Self-Defense Forces at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, northwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

NATO chief urges closer ties with Japan to defend democracy

By Mari Yamaguchi and Haruka Nuga - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the CHEY Institute in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea pressured to arm Ukraine

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this undated photo, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Shapovalov poses for a photo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Shapovalov resigned, local media reported Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, alleging his departure was linked to a scandal involving the purchase of food for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Office via AP)

Ukraine corruption scandal ousts top officials amid war

Associated Press

Polish soldiers assigned to the 11th Armored Lubuska Cavalry Division gather around the recently removed Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package version 3 tanks power pack during the Abrams Logistical Summit at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Oct. 27, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is proudly working alongside 1st Infantry Division, other NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Kevin T. Brown Jr.)

U.S., Germany set to send tanks to Ukraine in face of Russian assault

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto attends a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Finland’s top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden

By Jari Tanner and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 8, 2022. Turkey’s president has announced May 14 as the date for the country's next parliamentary and presidential elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who plans to seek reelection, made the announcement during a youth conference in northwestern Bursa province on Saturday Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s president says no support for Sweden’s NATO bid

Associated Press

Smoke rises as Donetsk's emergency employees work at a site of a shopping center destroyed following what Russian officials in Donetsk said it was a shelling by Ukrainian forces, in Donetsk, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

NATO warns of Russia’s long war in Ukraine, vows to be ready

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2021. Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper issued Friday, July 22, 2022, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Regional defense partnerships rise with China’s power

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A NATO AWACS aircraft lands at the Baza 90 Romanian air force base in Otopeni, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Two of three NATO surveillance planes arrived at an air base near Romania's capital Tuesday where they are set to undertake regional reconnaissance missions to "monitor Russian military activity" within the 30-nation military alliance's territory. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

NATO surveillance planes temporarily deployed to Romania to monitor Russian military near borders

By Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden: Erdogan effigy ‘act of sabotage’ against NATO bid

By Suzan Fraser and Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen following the signing a Joint Declaration on NATO-EU Cooperation at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (John Thys, Pool Photo via AP)

NATO and European Union sign joint security declaration amid Russia-Ukraine war

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade during the funeral ceremony for Volodymyr Yezhov killed in a battlefield with Russian forces, at St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Yezhov was a game designer in the development of the game Cossacks 2. He was also one of the authors of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Yezhov was also one of the most famous Ukrainian e-sportsmen — played StarCraft under the nickname Fresh. Since the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Yezhov went to the frontline and fought as part of the volunteer squadron. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Concessions refusals block any hope for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen hold a flag over the coffin of their comrade during the funeral ceremony of Volodymyr Yezhov killed in a battlefield with Russian forces at St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Yezhov was a game designer in the development of the game Cossacks 2. He was also one of the authors of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Yezhov was also one of the most famous Ukrainian e-sportsmen — played StarCraft under the nickname Fresh. Since the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Yezhov went to the frontline and fought as part of the volunteer squadron. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Lavrov: Ukraine must demilitarize or Russia will do it

By E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks from a JoS. A. Bank in Greenville, Del., on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Biden pledged that NATO support for Ukraine won’t waver

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk along the Colonnade of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Hero’s welcome: Biden promises Zelenskyy U.S. backing for ‘as long as it takes’

By Ben Wolfgang and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

An apartment burns after Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Russia, Ukraine inch toward peace talks, but Moscow’s leverage vanishes as war drags on

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Trucks used as barricade are seen on the road near the village of Rudare, northern Kosovo, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Kosovo has postponed the local election due to be held Dec. 18 in four municipalities with a predominantly ethnic Serb population, in an effort to defuse recent tensions there that have also further damaged relations with neighboring Serbia. President Vjosa Osmani on Saturday decided to postpone the voting until April 23 next year. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

Tensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads

By Sylejman Kllokoqi and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Serb national flags decorate the main square in ethnically divided town Serb dominated northern Mitrovica on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Kosovo law enforcement on Friday said one officer was injured by gunmen after increasing police presence fearing tension in northern areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo postpones election in ethnic-Serb-dominated north

By Zenel Zhinipotoku and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Kosovo police officers guard the offices of the Central Election Committee in ethnically divided town of northern Mitrovica on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Kosovo law enforcement on Friday said one officer was injured by gunmen after increasing police presence fearing tension in northern areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo as tensions escalate

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press