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By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with the enlargement of the NATO military alliance. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), signed …

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By Gabriela Baczynska and Tom Balmforth BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union executive will recommend on Wednesday that the bloc open membership negotiations with Kyiv once it meets outstanding conditions, two EU officials said on Monday, more than 20 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. In Kyiv, a senior government official said Ukraine expected the European Commission …

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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – Chef Omar Ben Hammou found opening his Berlin seafood restaurant tough enough amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, basic foodstuffs right down to cooking oil grew more expensive, interest rates began to climb and a labour shortage set in. And now Ben Hammou faces another blow as …

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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday it was irresponsible to engage in talk of holding an election in Ukraine in wartime and called for unity to avoid pointless political discussions. Zelenskiy said it was critical to concentrate on the military challenges facing the country as it tries to push out Russian forces …

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By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) – As the death toll in Gaza tops 10,000, the Biden administration faces growing pressure at home and abroad to compel Israel to take steps to minimize civilian deaths in its drive to oust Hamas militants who attacked it on Oct. 7. U.S. officials are publicly …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive will recommend on Wednesday that the bloc opens membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova once they meet outstanding conditions, two EU officials said on Monday. Both officials – one who saw a draft report by the European Commission ahead of its publication and one who is familiar with …

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