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  • The Twenty-Seven met this Thursday, at a European summit in Brussels, to grant Ukraine the status of candidate for membership of the European Union

  • Emmanuel Macron, whose country holds the half-yearly presidency of the Council of the EU, welcomed "a political gesture" of "a strong and united Europe"

  • According to the White House, the G7 summit, which has been taking place since this weekend in Germany, will lead to "a set of concrete proposals to increase pressure on Russia and show our collective support for Ukraine".

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7:20 am: Ukraine and Moldova officially candidate for the EU

The leaders of the Twenty-Seven recognized this Thursday in Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate for the European Union, announced the President of the European Council Charles Michel, evoking a “historic moment”, in full Russian offensive.

7:10 am: Did you miss the events of this Thursday?

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6:47 am: Nikey, it's over 🎵

The American sports equipment manufacturer Nike announced on Thursday that it was leaving the Russian market for good and that it had no intention of reopening its stores, which were first temporarily closed in the wake of sanctions against Moscow for its offensive in Ukraine.

6:30 am: Moscow pays its debts... but in rubles!

Russia has made interest payments on its dollar-denominated debt in roubles, the Russian Finance Ministry announced on Thursday, due to sanctions against the country for its offensive in Ukraine. 

"Thus, the obligations (...) of the Russian Federation are fulfilled in full by the Ministry of Finance of Russia," the ministry explained.

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This Friday will ring the hour of international decisions in favor or against Ukraine and Russia.

Indeed, the EU and the G7 are meeting to decide on the entry - or not - of kyiv within it, but also to determine the new sanctions against Moscow.

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