
- Russia says “unfriendly” countries must begin paying for its gas in roubles from Friday but Kremlin decree indicates a workaround for foreign currency purchases.
- NATO says Russian forces in Ukraine are not withdrawing but regrouping, adding it expects “additional offensive actions” to come.
- Kyiv says Moscow’s offensive has “practically destroyed” almost all of Ukraine’s defence industry.
- US President Joe Biden says he is sceptical Russian troops are pulling back from Kyiv.
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