NATO Secretary-General Rutte said NATO will pledge support for Ukraine at the summit and that Ukrainian President Zelenskiy will attend.

Market sources: I-Pulse Inc., co-founded by Robert Friedland, is set to receive US$250m in U.S. funding to develop semiconductor and pulsed-power technologies.

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for new energy system construction, directing active, safe and orderly nuclear power development. Policy prioritizes third-generation pressurized water reactors, calls for maintaining a steady construction pace, advancing R&D and demonstration of advanced reactor types, and promoting site-appropriate integrated uses of nuclear energy. Target: operating nuclear capacity of about 110 GW by 2030.