Important Takeaways:

• Ukraine last night claimed it successfully hit a missile system inside Russia using U.S. weapons.
• It said the country’s forces destroyed Russian missile launchers with a strike in the Belgorod region.
• Senior politician Yehor Chernev claimed Ukrainian forces used a High Mobility Rocket Artillery System, or HIMARS, The New York Times reported.
• Meanwhile, Joe Biden has ruled out Ukraine joining NATO in a major policy shift. The development comes after the defense alliance’s members, including the US and Britain, released a communique last year declaring ‘Ukraine’s future is in NATO’.
• While his remarks were met with heavy criticism in Kyiv, analysts believe Mr. Biden’s comments could bring a settlement closer.
• Russia has repeatedly referred to Ukraine’s possible membership of NATO to justify its invasion and occupation of the country.
• It comes as NATO countries are set to collaborate to create a ‘drone wall’ on the security alliance’s eastern flank that aims to provide round-the-clock monitoring of threats across the border from Russia and Belarus.

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