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United States President Joe Biden addresses the public during an event at Vilnius University on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Biden: NATO alliance ‘more united than ever in its history’ in support of Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, is greeted by his Polish host, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, ahead of their talks on regional security, war in Ukraine and bilateral cooperations in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Kishida made a stop in Warsaw on his way to NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Japan’s leader holds security, business talks in Poland on his way to NATO summit

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. NATO's summit began Tuesday with fresh momentum after Turkey withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

NATO chief says it will send ‘positive message’ about Ukraine’s membership during Lithuania summit

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a media conference during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Zelenskyy’s frustrations with NATO boil over at summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina celebrates after beating Poland's Iga Swiatek to win their women's singles match on day nine of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Svitolina has Ukraine war, her baby in mind as she beats Swiatek at Wimbledon

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request of the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rep. Matt Gaetz joins bipartisan push to stop Biden from sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - A security guard walks in front of a banner outside the venue of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 9, 2023. When Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process, but more than a year later Sweden is still in the alliance's waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NATO leaders meet for a summit in Vilnius, Sweden is missing the green light from two: Turkey and Hungary. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives for an event on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday blasted as "absurd" the absence of a timetable for his country's membership in NATO, injecting harsh criticism into a gathering of the alliance's leaders that was intended to showcase solidarity in the face of Russian aggression. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

NATO prepared to back Ukraine in its fight against Russia — but not to extend membership

By Chris Megerian, Lorne Cook and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace prior the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live Updates | Zelenskyy gets hero’s welcome in Lithuania’s capital as he arrives for NATO meeting

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FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, walks in the Agora Hall as he arrives for his first day of work at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 7, 2018. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the top civilian official at the world's biggest security alliance, routinely praises allies for helping Ukraine's troops to fight back. But when he does, Stoltenberg is talking about individual member countries, not NATO as an organization. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, what is NATO and what is it doing to help?

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

NATO heads of state and government pose during a group photo at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Front row left to right, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

NATO summit reaches agreement on admitting Sweden but faces division over Ukraine

By Chris Megerian, Seung Min Kim and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Kremlin says Putin met with Wagner leader days after abortive mutiny

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Russia's war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday, July 11. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Putin and Wagner Group founder said to hold meeting after aborted rebellion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The mother of a Russian soldier who was killed in a military action in Ukraine, kneels near a planted tree in memory of her son at the Alley of Heroes in Sevastopol, Crimea, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. The Alley of Heroes was opened in memory of Russian servicemen who died during fighting in Ukraine. More than 70 trees were planted in the Victory Park. Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. (AP Photo) **FILE**

How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, June 30, 2022. Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ukraine tops NATO summit agenda along with defense plans, Sweden’s membership and Belarus fears

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U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg give remarks at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Turkey yields, opens Sweden’s path to NATO; war in Ukraine casts cloud over two-day summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, meets with Britain's King Charles III at Windsor Castle, England, Monday July 10, 2023. (Chris Jackson/Pool via AP)

Biden meets with British PM Sunak, will have tea with King Charles and promote clean energy

By Seung Min Kim, Jill Lawless and Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Two men do construction work around the flags at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. 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. Disagreements have been stacking up over admitting Sweden as NATO's 32nd member, boosting military spending and finding a new secretary general. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Ukraine’s possible NATO entry to test alliance at upcoming summit

By Chris Megerian and Lorne Cook and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 10th Assault Brigade Edelweiss fires a D-30 cannon towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Bloody clash over Bakhmut paying dividends for Kyiv, analyst says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times