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NATO allies are increasingly pessimistic that Ukraine will receive desperately needed US-made Patriot interceptor missiles before next week’s US midterm elections, amid suspicions that President Donald Trump is using military aid to pressure Kyiv into concessions.

EU candidate countries have raised concerns that new safeguards designed to prevent democratic backsliding after accession could leave them with second-class membership – or give existing member states a powerful tool to exert political pressure.