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REPORTAGE. The partial mobilization, decreed Wednesday by Vladimir Putin, does not worry the Ukrainian soldiers who repelled the Russians in the north of the country.
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From our special envoy to Ukraine, Boris Mabillard
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LMajor Ivan (he prefers his surname not be disclosed) parked at the end of Theater Square in the center of Kharkiv. Behind him and his men with whom he is talking wait two dark green and black military vans. The tone is not joking, on the contrary: the faces are barred, the words concentrated. But it is not the statements of President Vladimir Putin that concern them. Rather questions of logistics.
Because if the leader followed Putin’s speech on Friday morning, his men only listened to him with half an ear, without giving it much credit. In Kharkiv, in northern Ukraine, residents no longer believe Putin’s threats or promises. As for the soldiers who took part in the Ukrainian counter-offensive…
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