KYIV, Jan 23 - NATO on Tuesday signed a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its member countries, The Associated Press reported. The contract will allow allies to backfill their arsenals and provide Ukraine with more ammunition.

Turkish legislators lifted a major hurdle to Sweden’s membership in NATO on Tuesday by endorsing its entry into the military alliance. Sweden and Finland abandoned their traditional positions of military nonalignment to seek protection under NATO’s umbrella after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.