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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Follow along for updates on the summit of the NATO military alliance in Lithuania’s capital: What to know: — Ukraine wins G7 security pledges but its NATO membership remains elusive — Turkey won’t ratify Sweden’s NATO membership before October, Erdogan says — Biden and Zelenskyy praise each other despite divisions over Ukraine war — Greece and Turkey …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has recalled Ukraine’s ambassadors to Georgia and Morocco, suggesting they haven’t done enough to persuade those countries to support Ukraine and punish Russia for the invasion. Jeremy Fleming, who heads the U.K.’s GCHQ electronic spy agency, said Russian President Vladimir Putin “massively misjudged” his chances for a swift military victory in Ukraine. But Fleming warns that …
President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a huge Western response to his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces nearing its biggest cities. -AP Russia Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions …