RT @polinaivanovva@twitter.com
Before, the Kremlin sought to play down the war, a distant “special operation”. Now, Putin fills his New Year’s speech with soldiers.
And in Samara today, a rare acknowledgment of the war’s costs for Russia — a memorial for local men killed near Donetsk https://on.ft.com/3WJfidw
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@ChristopherJM he still won't call it a war though. that would be admitting mistakes and Putin doesn't do that.
