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ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 17, 2016: Russian Army soldiers at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for Russian/Finnish military commander Carl Gustav Mannerheim, outside one of the buildings of A.V. Khrulev Military Academy for Logistics at Zakharyevskaya Street. Vladimir Smirnov/TASS
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sent alarm rippling through Eastern Europe after he said the U.S. would only defend NATO states attacked by Russia if those nations “have fulfilled their obligations to us,” his strongest comments to date on the military alliance’s future if he enters the White House.