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Russia will remain a threat to Ukraine for decades, Ukraine's president said on Sept. 3, before adding that his country needed to increase the number of contract soldiers in its army, according to a presidential statement. Ukraine announced Wednesday its new military doctrine, which bluntly named its vast neighbor Russia as a direct military adversary and called for Ukraine to work toward NATO membership.

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