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UK joins Poland, Estonia, Latvia in a call to cut Russia from SWIFT international payments system.

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pushing “very hard” for Russia to be ejected from Swift, The Financial Times reported, citing a British official. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Johnson on Feb. 24 that neither the EU or his country would such a movem, the newspaper also reported, referring to officials close to sanctions negotiations.

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At NATO's Aurora 2026 military exercises in Sweden, a group of Ukrainian drone pilots was tasked with playing the role of attackers. The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell spoke with drone pilots from Ukraine's 20th National Guard "Lubart" Brigade, part of the 1st Azov Corps, shortly after they returned from Sweden.

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