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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday drew back from an earlier target of 500,000 additional troops needed to combat the Russian invasion. “We do not need half a million,” Zelensky said during a joint press conference in Kiev with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. Zelensky said there were sufficient troops that could be sent to the front. Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi had earlier said much the same. Neither has given a specific figure for the troops needed. In December, Zelensky spoke of a need for up to a half a million fresh troops. To date, only men aged 27 and older h…