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Ukraine asks to withdraw over 300 peacekeepers from UN missions.

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Ukraine has requested to withdraw its remaining uniformed personnel serving with five U.N. peacekeeping operations in Mali, Cyprus, Abyei, South Sudan and Kosovo. This includes 250 troops, 36 staff officers and experts on mission, and 22 police officers.

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