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Russia's Putin Warns NATO Not to Interfere in Ukraine

Good morning. Biden’s plan for Ukraine, G-20 deadlock, stock indexes at records, and Monaco’s royal trouble. Here’s what people are talking about.

US President Joe Biden wants the Group of Seven nations to make progress on plans to tap frozen Russian sovereign assets to help support Ukraine by the time the leaders meet in June, according to people familiar with the matter. G-7 officials have been discussing options to use the $280 billion of immobilized Russian Central Bank assets, including using the money as collateral to raise debt or issuing guarantees against the frozen funds, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.