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A Ukrainian serviceman of the State Border Guard Service fires a mortar toward the Russian position in Bakhmut on February 16, 2023, as the head of Russia's mercenary outfit Wagner said it could take months to capture the embattled Ukraine city and slammed Moscow's “monstrous bureaucracy” for slowing military gains. Russia has been trying to encircle the battered industrial city and wrest it ahead of February 24, the first anniversary of what it terms its “special military operation” in Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)
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