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Polish president urges sustained US commitment to Europe’s security

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president has marked his country’s Independence Day with a call for sustained U.S. commitment to Europe’s security in view of Russian aggression in the region. President Andrzej Duda also said Monday that Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders should be restored. Independence Day in Poland carries powerful weight for a nation once partitioned and ruled by Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungary. The bitterness of losing national sovereignty still shapes political life. In Warsaw, tens of thousands of people took part in a march organized by nationalist groups. Police said they detained 75 people and seized banned items from participants,

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