Ukraine needs new troops so badly it is taking people's passports and tried to recruit a mentally disabled man

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Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces members on an armored personnel carrier during exercises in a forest near Kyiv on July 13, 2022.

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Smugglers are helping Ukrainians pretend they have injuries or kids to get out of going to war

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The Ukrainian and Russian flags painted on a brick wall with the shadow of a soldier holding a rifle on it.
The Ukrainian and Russian flags painted on a brick wall with the shadow of a soldier holding a rifle.

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Russia to begin drafting soldiers from occupied regions of Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a video conference meeting on the draft of the 2024 federal budget and the planning period of 2025 and 2026 at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 18, 2023.

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Ukraine may be cracking Russia's frontlines, but now it has to get Russian troops to crack as well

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Ukrainian soldiers during infantry training in Donetsk Oblast on August 11.

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