in the last 24 hours, the kremlin spokesman dmitri prescott has said that moscow is monitoring ukraine's e. u membership bid closely specifically in relation to increased cooperation militarily with european countries. let's not forget that one of the reasons why moscow said, and it's believed that, that vladimir putin gave the go ahead for an invasion of this country was because in his eyes, ukraine is russia's sphere influence. so any move further west, any move towards europe and nato countries inside europe is going to be potentially perceived as a, as only adding to that sense of freight that vladimir putin says, threatens russia. or in other developments in british, i'm in as chance. his dad came for the 2nd time in just another 2 months. bice johnson and present londoners lensky with shared as they walked through the city. ah grady. they greeted crowds and viewed and exhibit of damaged russian weapons and tanks. orest johnson's visit comes a day after the leaders of france, germany, italy, and romania were in cave. as well present. lensky praised the u. k. for its resolute support