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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has shelved a plan to meet with Ukrainian officials about the alliance’s missile-defense system, Western officials said, a new sign the alliance is trying to avoid provoking Russia.

NATO had considered meeting with Ukraine to discuss the possibility that debris or an errant interceptor could fall on their territory if the alliance’s missile-defense system were used.

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