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Ukraine has no plans to force men of conscript age to return from abroad, a senior government official said on Tuesday, despite a shortage of soldiers needed on the front lines to fend off Russia’s 26-month-old invasion. “There will be no restrictions and no forced return of Ukrainian citizens of any gender or age to a country at war,” said Olha Stefanishyna, the deputy prime minister responsible for European integration, in a commentary for the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Tuesday. However, she conceded that there are no “pleasant solutions” in matters of war. “Let’s not forget that t…

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