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NATO, allies set to focus on air defence support for Ukraine - U.S.

FILE PHOTO: U.S.  Ambassador  to NATO Julianne Smith gestures during a news briefing on the eve of a meeting of alliance defence ministers, expected to focus on tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

NATO members and allies meeting in Brussels on Wednesday are likely to focus on providing additional air defence systems to Ukraine, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said.

Julianne Smith told an online briefing that more than 50 nations of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group would meet on the eve of a NATO ministerial on Oct 12-13 to determine what more could be done to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Smith said discussions were likely to focus on air defence support.

(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop and Sabine Siebold)

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