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Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones, FT reports

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Oct 23 (Reuters) - ‌Ukraine is in talks ​with EU member states Poland and ⁠Slovakia about moving customs checks on lorries carrying grain exports ​from the border to inside those ‌countries, to halt Russian drone attacks on the trucks, the Financial Times ⁠reported on Friday, ⁠citing people familiar with the matter.

Ukraine's foreign ministry said Kyiv had set up joint border control ‌points with Moldova and wanted ⁠to "scale up" the ‌initiative with other neighbours, ​including Poland, the FT reported.

Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told the ‌FT the move ​was driven by ⁠a "new security environment where Russia ‌is deliberately ⁠trying to strike our borders" and that Kyiv wanted to finalise ​an agreement ‌with Poland as soon as possible.

(Reporting ⁠by Rajveer Singh ​Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Jacqueline Wong)

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