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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Kelly-Ann Mills

Man who died nine years ago ordered to fight in Vladimir Putin's army

A man who died nine years ago has been called up to fight for Russia's army as mobilisation teams get desperate amid the country's faltering invasion of Ukraine.

The incompetent conscription process has tried to call up dead people, pensioners, those with disabilities, foreign women and even children.

The family of the man from St Petersburg who had been selected to fight against Ukraine had a team arrive and threaten them.

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