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President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking his countrymen with what Western countries described as an act of desperation in the face of a losing war.
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A Ukrainian serviceman is seen atop of a tank at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
A Ukrainian service member checks a machine gun at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian serviceman sits inside a tank at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
A Ukrainian service member smokes in a trench at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
Ukrainian servicemen play cards as they rest at a position near a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Ukrainian servicemen rest at a position near a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Ukrainian servicewoman Tetyana Dovgopola is helped by her serviceman husband Andrij Dovgopolyi as she jumps out their squad's BM21 Grad multiple rocket launcher at a position near a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, September 16, 2022.
A Ukrainian service member patrols an area in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
Ukrainian service members wait in a trench at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service member patrols an area in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service member looks out of a trench at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service members wait in a trench at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service member places cartridges to a machine gun at a position in a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service member pets dogs at a position near a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
A Ukrainian service member waits in a trench at a position on a frontline, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko