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Christopher Eubanks of the U.S. reacts after winning the second set against Taro Daniel of Japan during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Chris Eubanks is replacing an injured Taylor Fritz for the US Davis Cup team against Ukraine

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Left to right, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Partner Nations at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

China and Russia feel blowback as NATO embraces Asia-Pacific allies

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, pose for a photo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

Live Updates | Zelenskyy hails ‘steps forward’ at NATO summit to help fight against Russian forces

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 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/Pavel Golovkin)

Mixed news for Ukraine, hope for Sweden and a response to Russia in NATO summit wrap-up

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council 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/Pavel Golovkin)

NATO members Greece and Turkey pledge to ‘reset’ ties and bypass longstanding disputes

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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 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 - 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

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

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

President Joe Biden, left, walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a working session on Ukraine during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

NATO will boost defense spending to help back Ukraine but the math is tricky. Just ask Luxembourg

By Lorne Cook - 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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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

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson smiles as he meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)

Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda

By Chris Megerian and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Grybauskaite has earned a reputation as the "Baltic Iron Lady" for her resolute leadership and bluntness, particularly regarding Russia, she was one of few European leaders who warned of Russian interference in eastern Europe even before Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia

By Liudas Dapkus - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Senior officials from Sweden and Turkey arrived at NATO headquarters Thursday to examine Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to the Nordic country joining the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO leaders set to offer Ukraine major support package but membership is off the table for now

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Then-NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a press conference at the start of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ** FILE **

Some nations could send troops to defend Ukraine, says ex-NATO chief

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Lithuanian soldiers patrol a road near the Lithuania-Belarus border near the village of Jaskonys, Druskininkai district some 160 km (100 miles) south of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on Nov. 13, 2021. Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euro in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the illegal immigration of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Lithuania seeks compensation from Belarus for migrant crisis

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Viachka Krasulin, who fled Belarus after police arrested and beat him during demonstrations against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020, sits at a cafe in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. He and other Belarusians who have left for European countries like Lithuania were shocked after Belarus diverted a Ryanair jetliner on Sunday, May 23, 2021, to arrest dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich, who also was living abroad but was on the flight. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Belarusians who fled crackdown fearful after diverted flight

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press