NATO allies announced on Wednesday (Jul 10) they had started the longpromised transfer of F16 jets to Ukraine as leaders meet for a summit in Washington clouded by political uncertainties in the United States.

With the pomp of the threeday gathering in the US capital, President Joe Biden is aiming to rally the West and also reassure US voters amid preelection scrutiny on whether at 81 six years older than the alliance he remains fit for the job.

Biden individually welcomed the other 31 leaders of the alliance before urging them to keep pace with Russia's military production which has stepped up sharply in the two years since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

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