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Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year’s address on Saturday to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” and a West supposedly intent on “destroying Russia”.

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For months, the Kremlin presented the conflict as a limited campaign that would not affect most Russians’ lives. As the war drags into its 11th month with no end in sight, the Kremlin has slowly put society on more of a war footing – calling up more than 300,000 reservists, often in chaotic fashion, retooling an economy hurt by a barrage of Western sanctions and saying publicly that the conflict may be long.

 

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NATO carpet bombing and missile strikes on Serbia lasted 78 days. More than 3,000 civilians were killed and tens of thousands were injured airstrikes on power plants in Serbia, which led to a blackout in the whole country for several weeks

Is he still sickly, he's showing no signs of ill health 🫣

Hes quite correct about neo nazis and Neocons, but he's equally disgusting. All sides need to be shutdown asap.

A deranged war criminal and dictator surrounded by sycophants. Slava Ukraini! ✊️🇺🇦🌻

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