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Ukraine gets top billing at NATO, but questions mount over West's resolve
1 month ago | By Politico
MADRID - In an unprecedented show of unity against Russia's war in Ukraine, world leaders clinched an agreement at the annual NATO summit this week to bolster and expand the alliance's eastern front.
But the well-scripted show of democratic solidarity belied growing concerns about how long the West - in particular the U.S. - would continue to pump tens of billions worth of weapons and humanitarian aid into the embattled nation, with political and economic pressures growing at home.
“War fatigue is coming everywhere,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told POLITICO. “This has been going...
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Analysis: NATO shows more 'unity' after Madrid summit
1 month ago | By Arizona Daily Star
Facing unprecedented challenges, the defensive military alliance NATO has wrapped up a three-day meeting in Madrid, with members showing unity as they concentrate on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At a news conference at the end of the summit, U.S. President...
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