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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the NATO summit in Vilnius where NATO member states are meeting to discuss the issue of military aid to Ukraine and its accession to the Alliance. IMAGES
During a press conference held in Kyiv, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Ukraine's potential membership of NATO will be discussed together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a NATO summit to be held in July. Jens Stoltenberg has made an unannounced visit to Kyiv -- his first since the Russian invasion. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden, under intense scrutiny over his fitness to serve, accidentally introduces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin at a NATO ceremony before correcting himself. SOUNDBITE
President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is confident Ukraine would eventually join NATO after the alliance said the Russian-invaded country has an "irreversible" path to membership. "We are doing and will continue to do everything to ensure that the day comes when Ukraine is invited and becomes a NATO member, and I am confident we will achieve this," Zelensky tells a news conference at a NATO summit alongside the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
NATO defence ministers gather in Brussels for a ministerial summit, just days after the Hamas offensive in Israel and amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. IMAGES