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Russia's mobilization drive devolves into chaos

The Kremlin acknowledged "errors" Monday in its drive to mobilize 300,000 men to fight in Ukraine, as backlash grew in far-flung provinces and even on state TV.

Driving the news: At least 20 military recruitment offices have been torched, per Moscow Times. A recruitment officer was shot point blank and left critically injured on Monday in Irkutsk, Siberia.


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