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Putin calls on Russians to back country’s troops in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin issued a rallying cry to Russians during a stadium concert in central Moscow on Wednesday to get behind the country’s armed forces fighting in Ukraine.
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Putin led the crowd in chants of “Russia” and said the whole country stood behind Russian soldiers waging what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
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