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By Andrew Gray, Gabriela Baczynska and Krisztina Than BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders made a historic decision on Thursday to open membership talks with Ukraine, bypassing objections from Hungary to give Kyiv a major political boost as its war against Russia’s invasion grinds on. Although membership would likely be many years away, the decision at a summit in Brussels takes Ukraine a step closer to its long-term strategic goal of anchoring itself in the West and liberating itself from Moscow’s orbit. The move came at a critical time for Ukraine, after its counter-offensive against …

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