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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance will avoid "a new arms race" with Russia and will not deploy new nuclear missiles on European soil after a Cold War missile pact ended. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns that the chances of saving a landmark Cold War arms treaty were decreasing day by day after talks with Russian officials failed to yield any breakthrough. SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says it is 'vital' for US to agree on continued Ukraine support. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Washington and its allies remain and must remain steadfast in their backing for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. "The answer here today at NATO is clear and it's unwavering. We must and we will continue to support Ukraine," Blinken says a meeting of the Western military alliance. There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness. SOUNDBITE
NATO members have agreed that their established goal of spending two percent of their national output on defence will become a minimum level, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg tells reporters. "Eleven allies now reach or exceed the two percent benchmark," he says at the end of the first day of the NATO summit in Vilnius. "And we expect this number will rise substantially next year. Today, allies made an enduring commitment to invest at least two percent of gross domestic product annually in defence." SOUNDBITE
International support for Ukraine remains "strong and true" more than a year into Kyiv's battle against invading Russian forces, says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at a meeting of dozens of Kyiv's supporters at the Ramstein air base in Germany. SOUNDBITE