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Ukraine begins talks to join the European Union, and accession is likely to take years
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday launched membership talks with Ukraine, a decade after Russian forces seized Crimea to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a series of events that has put the two neighbors on the brink. …