Ukrainian President May Drop Bid To Join NATO

Ukraine has suggested it might have to drop its bid to join NATO, a potential major concession to avert a war with Russia, Remy Tumin reported for the New York Times.

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"Maybe the question of open doors is for us like a dream,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The comment came just as Russia’s foreign minister said that the possibilities to reach a diplomatic resolution to the crisis were “far from exhausted.” A phone call between President Biden and President Vladimir Putin of Russia over the weekend resulted in “no fundamental change in the dynamic,” according to the White House.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine could drive up oil and gas prices. Rising oil prices are already well over $90 a barrel. An invasion could drive prices above $100.

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