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Kyiv has been asking Germany to help pave the way for Ukraine to join NATO. A German think tank has mapped out a plan for Ukraine's accession to the alliance.
Russian upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko is holding a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the visit of the Russian parliament delegation to Beijing.
President Joe Biden's decision to provide Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions has raised consternation among NATO allies, some of whom are among the more than a hundred countries who have prohibited them.