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According to Poroshenko, "NATO’s weight and role is growing even more in the face of new challenges to international security in the context of the events around Ukraine.”

“The ongoing Russian aggression has prompted NATO, in fact, to seriously intensify its efforts. It can be assumed that NATO has woken up as the Alliance got a second wind," the Ukrainian president said.

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