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Ukraine to up troop numbers


Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko hands over a flag of a military unit. AP PHOTO/MYKOLA LAZARENKO

BY EFREM LUKATSKY
The Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a “large-scale invasion,” in an impassioned speech to mark Independence Day on Monday.
Speaking during a military parade, President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine must not be complacent even though hostilities have largely died down. In a show of force, thousands of Ukrainian servicemen marched in downtown Kiev to commemorate the country’s independence from the …read more

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