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US defense chief Lloyd Austin arrives for a NATO defence ministers meeting where providing Kyiv with more air defences will be a key topic for Kyiv's western backers following multiple Russian strikes across the country. IMAGES
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, the Pentagon says, after he faced criticism for waiting days to inform the White House about his extended hospitalization. SOUNDBITE
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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for G20 foreign ministers' summit, greeted by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar. IMAGES
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at the Philippines' Department of National Defense for talks on Thursday. The two countries announced a deal to give US troops access to another four bases in the Southeast Asian nation, as the longtime allies seek to counter China's military rise. IMAGES