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Ukraine President Zelensky urges Russian troops not to fight

The Free Press Journal | 01/05/2022 03:02 PM | Click to read full article

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky switched into Russian in his nightly video address to urge Russian soldiers not to fight in Ukraine, saying even their generals expected that thousands of them would die.

He said Russia has been recruiting new troops “with little motivation and little combat experience” for the units that were gutted during the early weeks of the war so these units can be thrown back into battle.

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