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(Bloomberg) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and said Ukraine is making progress on its bid to eventually join the European Union. Ukraine said Russian shelling set off a fire at a chemical plant in the country’s east. In the US, the average price of gasoline climbed to more than $5 per gallon for the first time, exacerbated by western sanctions on Russian energy. Discord emerged after US President Joe Biden said his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, brushed off his warnings about an imminent invasion. Zelenskiy’s office said Ukraine’s partners didn’t heed its plea for preemptive sanctions that could have persuaded Russia to withdraw its troops from the border before Feb. 24. (See RSAN on the Bloomberg Terminal for the Russian Sanctions Dashboard.) Key Developments Von der Leyen Visits Kyiv Ahead of Key Week for Ukraine’s EU bid Biden Says Zelenskiy Brushed Off Warnings of Russia’s Invasion Iran Has Lessons on Grim Survival for Rus ....

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