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The second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches on February 24 but all eyes in Kiev, Moscow, and Brussels, headquarters of the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato), will be focused on the US presidential election in November. Fears of a Trump victory raises the spectre of a US withdrawal from Nato, a move that could significantly alter the established post-war balance of power and spell bad news for Ukraine, the top edit points out. Read it here
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