Spoke to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today.

Asked him what his message was for NATO ministers. He replied with one word: 'Patriots.'

Ukraine needs them and thinks its allies can spare more of them.👇

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Springtime greetings from Scotland.

Come work with us! Reuters is hiring a chief correspondent in West & Central Africa. Fluency in French and English is a must, other languages are a plus

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I know we Scots are partial to a crisp or two but Ryanair having the floor in front of our seats scattered with them when we boarded really was exceptional service.

The EU's diplomatic service does not sound very happy about the international high rep for Bosnia's electoral law changes:

'The EU recalls that his executive powers should be used only as a measure of last resort against irreparable unlawful acts.' 👇

Head of NATO military committee sharing a video of an anti-NATO protest - a first?

Estonian PM Kaja Kallas has joined the debate on a possible European defence commissioner (because I asked her about it).

Good idea if it's a defence industry commissioner, she says. But no blurring of lines between EU & NATO.

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🚨EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he'll propose EU use 90% of revenue from frozen Russian state assets for European Peace Facility fund, used to buy arms for Ukraine.

Other 10% to boost Ukraine defence industry.

Decision up to EU members.
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EU countries agree to provide 5 billion euros for military aid to Ukraine as part of a revamp of an EU-run assistance fund, handing Kyiv a timely boost as its forces struggle against Russia's invasion.

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On a rainy Brussels day, Sweden under NATO's umbrella.

Now it's official: Sweden joins NATO.

'After over 200 years of non-alignment Sweden now enjoys the protection granted under Article 5, the ultimate guarantee of Allies’ freedom and security,' says Jens Stoltenberg

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Overheard at the European Commission this morning:

Policy of Truth by Depeche Mode

Words to live by!