Biden meets with NATO and G-7 about Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...

President Biden talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron as they arrive at NATO headquarters in Brussels for an emergency meeting on Russia and Ukraine.President Biden met with NATO and G-7 allies on Thursday in a emergency sessions about Russia's brutal war against Ukraine as the conflict reached the one-month mark.The 30-member NATO alliance gathered at its Brussels headquarters to talk about plans to bolster troop rotations in countries along the southern portion of its eastern flank — and contingency plans in case Russian aggression intensifies."We are determined to continue to impose costs on Russia to bring about the end of this brutal war," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said as the meeting began, paying tribute to "the great courage of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian armed forces fighting for their freedom and their rights."NATO allies have stayed remarkably united thus far in their response to Russia's invasion of its neighbor. President Biden at the start of the NATO emergency summit, with top adviser Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, NATO ambassador Julianne Smith and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.The U.S. and other major economies have frozen reserves held by Russia's central bank. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — seen here addressing Japanese lawmakers on March 23 — spoke via video link to NATO leaders and later, the G-7.Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy spoke to NATO leaders via video from Ukraine at the beginning of their meeting, and later spoke to a separate meeting of the G-7.At NATO, Zelenskky repeated requests for continued and increased security assistance from the West — but did not ask for a no-fly zone or NATO membership during his remarks, an official told reporters.Several NATO members made pledges of support to increase their security assistance for Ukraine in the early part of the meeting, the official said.Biden has begun consultations with allies on supplying anti-ship missiles to Ukraine, the official said — a move that would come with "technical challenges" but the United States and allies are trying to work those out. NATO leaders pose for a 'family photo,' a tradition that hold symbolic importance as they try to portray unity in the face of Russian aggression.As leaders gathered for the traditional group photograph, Biden was seen speaking with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.Seeing Western leaders standing side-by-side will send a powerful message to Europeans alarmed at Russia's attack on Ukraine — and a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the strength of the NATO alliance, said Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy."That family photo is going to show everyone that these guys are unified," said Townsend, now at the Center for a New American Security think-tank.