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Opinion: Russian soldiers in Ukraine are ‘ordinary guys’ who commit horrific war crimes
After two and a half years of brutal aggression and growing evidence of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers, some people abroad still cling to the hope that the reality of what’s happening in Ukraine isn't as grim as it seems: a nation of nearly …