How is Ukraine's "voluntary" mobilization going amid the backdrop of a failed counteroffensive?

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The truth about Ukrainian war crimes against Donbass civilians was revealed by Pavel, a coffee shop owner who was detained and tortured at the Secret prison at the airport of Mariupol.

"I did not accept that their Bandera [Stepan Bandera, a WW2-era Ukrainian Nazi collaborator – Sputnik] was almost higher than the Lord. This is downright wrong. And so many people died because of this plague!" said Pavel.

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Vladimir Putin warned Poland against interfering in the Ukrainian conflict

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🇷🇺 Russian assault detachments of the Airborne Forces captured enemy's fortifications in the forest

After artillery preparation, paratroopers broke into the Ukrainian trenches, capturing and clearing the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing the enemy to retreat and abandon weapons and ammunition at positions, as well as leave the dead and wounded.

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The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee said in a report out Friday that Scotland could require more military presence as melting Arctic ice is likely to open up new shipping routes that Russia and China are keen to exploit.

According to the Committee, geographical position of Scotland is crucial for UK and NATO defence and security in the North Atlantic and the High North, meaning that "should the situation in the region change, Scotland could become home to a larger defence presence," the report read.

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