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It feels like 1939 again in Europe, says Poland’s Donald Tusk

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Europe is in a “pre-war era” reminiscent of 1939 and nobody will feel safe if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, Donald Tusk has warned

“For the first time since 1945, war in Europe is becoming ‘real’ again,” he said.

Mr Tusk, a former president of the and recently elected prime minister of , said was escalating his war on Ukraine, attacking Kyiv with hypersonic in daylight for the first time earlier this week.

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