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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomes his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in the Polish capital Warsaw. During an earlier visit to Kyiv on the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Trudeau appeared to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of assassinating his political opponent Alexei Navalny. IMAGES
Half of Western military aid to Kyiv is delivered late, says Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, as the country struggles with an ammunition shortage. SOUNDBITE
The European Union's agreement on 50 billion euros in aid for Ukraine sends a powerful message to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, says EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE
UK Defence Minster Grant Shapps welcomes Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, the head of the Ukrainian Navy, ahead of a press conference alongside his Norwegian counterpart Bjørn Arild Gram, where they will discuss a joint defence-coalition aimed at enhancing Ukraine's ability to defend its sovereign waters and bolster security in the Black Sea. IMAGES
British Defence Minister Grant Shapps welcomes his Norwegian counterpart Bjørn Arild Gram as the UK and Norway announce a new defence initiative, the Maritime Capability Coalition, intended to strengthen the maritime capabilities of Ukraine. Britain has announced that it will send two Royal Navy mine-hunting ships to Ukraine to aid detection of Russian mines in the Black Sea and help Kyiv restore maritime exports. IMAGES
The defence of Europe without Ukraine would be a "futile task", Kyiv's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells the press as he arrives for a meeting of his North Atlantic Treaty Organization counterparts in Brussels. Speaking after greeting the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Kuleba adds that he believes the Ukrainian armed forces to now be currently "the strongest and the most battle-hardened army in Europe" as its war against Russia's invading forces drags on towards a third year. Kuleba and his NATO counterparts on Wednesday are set to agree on a plan for reforms aimed at helping Ukraine towards eventual membership in the alliance. IMAGES