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By Natalia Zinets and Gabriela Baczynska KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president signed a decree on Tuesday to boost his armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years, as European leaders lined up to back him in a standoff with Russia and the United States demanded immediate Russian de-escalation. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged lawmakers to stay calm and avoid panic, saying he had ordered the increase “not because we will soon have a war… but so that soon and in the future there will be peace in Ukraine”. Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders. It denies plans …
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