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EU aid talks clouded by claims of Ukrainian involvement in pipeline blasts

Media has alleged that Ukrainian saboteurs could have blown up an important Russian gas pipeline in 2022. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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STOCKHOLM - Defence ministers from the European Union have gathered in the snow-bound Swedish capital to discuss the future of their military assistance to Ukraine.

But although the ministers are examining several fresh initiatives designed to boost the Western transfer of weapons to Ukraine, their meeting has been overshadowed by media allegations that Ukrainian saboteurs could have blown up an important Russian gas pipeline in 2022.

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