NATO Allies Plan to Increase Support for Ukraine at Summit.

The leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine Central and Eastern European countries, have called for increased support for Ukraine and its aspirations to join NATO at the upcoming alliance summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The group aims to provide a more robust and comprehensive support package for Ukraine, including implementing NATO standards and increasing interoperability. The Bucharest Nine was formed in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and the leaders have expressed concern over Russia's continued aggression. NATO has responded by deploying multinational battlegroups in several Eastern European countries.