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Zelensky fine-tunes his security apparatus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. © Mykola Tys/EPA/MaxPPP

Honorary awards, budget extensions, title changes, threats of heavy sanctions, and a rain of accusations of ties to Moscow - as the war drags on, Kyiv is being forced to adapt. [...]

Published on 24.08.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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