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Countries along NATO’s eastern flank growing increasingly concerned about the risk of escalation of the war in Ukraine.
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strikeOct 16, 2026
JD Vance, Witkoff, Kushner ask Zelensky not to strike Russian oil refineries — newspaper
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Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington had asked Ukraine six times to halt strikes on Russian oil infrastructure
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- TASS (Russia)(Russian State)
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