Turkey has agreed to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining Nato, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders’ summit in Madrid.

The West must step up weapons deliveries to Ukraine and prove its commitment to helping the country’s military fight along a 620-mile front line in a grinding war of attrition with Russia, US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has said.

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has met with Finland’s prime minister and spoken to Turkey’s president as he seeks to overcome Turkish resistance to Finland and Sweden joining the alliance.

Turkey’s president has told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to Nato.

Albania has offered Nato a naval base to highlight the small country’s value in the alliance “in these difficult times”, the Prime Minister’s office said.

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Turkey’s leader flatly opposes having Sweden and Finland join Nato but the military alliance’s top official has said he is confident the stand-off will be resolved and the two Nordic nations will join soon.

Turkey’s president has flatly stated that his country will oppose Sweden and Finland joining Nato.

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests.

The move to join Nato is driven by security concerns over Russia’s war in Ukraine

Sweden has decided to join neighbouring Finland in seeking Nato membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Sweden has decided to join neighbouring Finland in seeking Nato membership, ending more than two centuries of military non-alignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Finland and Sweden have signalled their intention to join Nato over Russia’s war in Ukraine and things will move fast once they formally apply for membership in the world’s biggest security alliance.

Finland’s president and government have announced the Nordic country intends to apply for membership of Nato, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

A senior Nato official has said Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart relations between the two neighbours could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for Nato membership.

Media speculation in the two countries suggest the two might apply in mid-May

Nato countries have agreed to ramp up the supply of weapons to Kyiv, including hi-tech arms, amid concern that Russia is about to launch a large offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

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Four US marines were killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a Nato exercise unrelated to the Ukraine war, authorities said.

Four US soldiers have been killed in a plane crash during a Nato exercise in Norway unrelated to the Ukraine war. Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Store tweeted that they were killed in a crash on Friday night.

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US President Joe Biden and his Nato counterparts are seeking to reassure member countries on the alliance’s eastern flank that their security is guaranteed as Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine closes in on the capital Kyiv.

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the military alliance would defend every inch of its territory should Russia attack a member country, as he condemned Moscow for launching a brutal act of war on Ukraine.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK has said the country could consider dropping its ambition to join Nato to avoid war with Russia.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is working with Ukraine to modernise its armed forces.

The statements on Monday come as concerns abound that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement: “Nato will continue to take all necessary measures to protect and defend all allies, including by reinforcing the eastern part of the alliance."

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Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says the military organisation and Russia have agreed to try to schedule more meetings, despite tensions over Moscow’s military build-up near Ukraine.

Russia has denied it has plans to attack its neighbour but pressed for legal guarantees that would rule out Nato expansion and weapons deployment there

Nato has expelled eight members of Russia’s mission to the military alliance, saying they were secretly working as intelligence officers. The organisation said it had also cut the size of Moscow’s team able to work at its headquarters.

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Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg is blaming a failure of Afghan leadership for the swift collapse of the country’s armed forces but says the alliance must also uncover flaws in its military training effort.

Ukraine and Nato launched Black Sea drills that will involve dozens of warships, an exercise that follows last week’s incident with a British destroyer off Crimea.

The Chinese mission to the European Union has denounced a Nato statement that declared Beijing a “security challenge”, saying China is actually a force for peace but will defend itself if threatened.

US President Joe Biden used his first appearance at a Nato summit to call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions targeting the US and its allies.

Nato leaders say China poses a constant security challenge, is trying to undermine world order and is working on nuclear missile development at a worrying pace.

President Joe Biden has reaffirmed the US commitment to Nato after his predecessor Donald Trump questioned the organisation’s relevance.

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said the 30-nation military alliance aims to set aside the divisions of the Trump era and focus on the security challenges posed by Russia and China.