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The creation of the new unit was part of a wider security agreement signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk earlier this week.
Kicking off three days of events for the 32-nation alliance with a celebration Tuesday evening, Biden announced a new air defense system for Kyiv and urged unity against Vladimir Putin.
The striking summons for the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors comes amid international outrage over the missile attack on the Okhmatdy paediatric hospital in Kyiv on Monday.
Russia attacked cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed more than three dozen people and ripped open the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv.
A volunteer says she and several others fell ill after drinking from bottled water brought to the scene of the July 8 missile strike. Police also affected.
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