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Russia No Longer Accepts Ukraine's EU Membership Bid, Sees No Difference Between EU & NATO

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  • Russian Diplomat says Russian no longer accepts Ukraine’s EU membership bid due to the bloc’s supply of arms to Kyiv. Says Moscow was previously willing to allow this as part of the ceasefire agreement, but now no longer sees a difference between the EU & NATO. – Moscow Times
  • US says it would support any move by Sweden & Finland to join NATO following threats from Russian officials. Russian ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, said the decision would promote a military-technical response and require additional defence preparations along the Finnish border.
    • Deputy UN Ambassador Polansky also said “if there are NATO detachments in those territories, they would become a target or possible target fir a strike” – Tass, Sky
  • Total of 20 EU companies have opened special accounts at GazpromBank to comply with Putin’s RUB-denominated payments for gas with another 14 buyers requesting paperwork to do so, according to unnamed sources. - bbg
  • G7 set to discuss how to end the blockade of Ukrainain grain (25m tonnes) at the Odesa port. Ukraine also claims that 400k tonnes of grain has also been stolen by Russian troops in occupied territories – bbg
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