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‘The Command Fled’: Putin’s Own Troops Keep Humiliating Him

ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN

As he hailed his mobilization as a glowing success, troops rioted, spoke out of 500 killed, and revealed the Kremlin’s plan to stiff the relatives of the dead.

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It only took a few hours after Russia’s Vladimir Putin hailed his mobilization as a sparkling success Friday for a torrent of humiliating reports to emerge that suggest the war effort has been more successful in turning the country against him than defeating mythical

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