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A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization kicks off in Brussels, with the US-led defence alliance's foreign ministers set to discuss NATO's ongoing backing for Ukraine against Russia amid doubts over US support and a bloody stalemate on the ground. There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West -- at a time that it is distracted by the Israel-Hamas war -- could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers pose for a family photo as they open a two-day meeting in the Romanian capital to discuss, among other things, the conflict in Ukraine and how to help the country as winter arrives. IMAGES
The Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov meet with their delegations in a much awaited meeting in Ankara. Talks are expected to focus on efforts to open a security corridor to ship Ukrainian grain -- cereals and wheat in particular -- stuck in the war-torn country's ports due to a Russian blockade. IMAGES
EU Foreign Affairs ministers meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet in Geneva in an urgent bid for a solution over Ukraine, with the United States increasingly worried that Russia will invade despite warnings of severe reprisals. IMAGES
Kiev, Apr 9 (EFE), (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko).- Ukraine does not want a war with Russia but it is ready to defend itself if it is attacked, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday in an exclusive interview with Efe.“I would like to make it clear that Ukraine does not want war. We are not preparing any escalations, any offensive operations, any limited military operations on the ground," he said.Kuleba blamed Russia for the biggest military buildup along the border with Ukraine since 2014, saying this was an attempt to intimidate Ukraine. According to the chief of staff of Ukrainian armed forces Ruslan Khomchak, as of March 31 Russia had sent 28 tactical military groups to the Ukrainian border.SOUNDBITES OF UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DMYTRO KULEBA.