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Ukrainian servicemen from air defence unit of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade monitor a sky at a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 6, 2024. — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Reuters pic

Ukrainian servicemen from air defence unit of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade monitor a sky at a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Bakhmut, Ukraine March 6, 2024. — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Reuters pic

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OSLO, March 7 — Norway will donate up to 1.6 billion Norwegian crowns (RM720 million) for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement today. — Reuters

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