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In the trenches | Hannah Betts

In the trenches | Hannah Betts

This article is taken from the April 2026 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine…

Footage widely circulated on social media appears to show a black mercenary with a landmine strapped to his chest being forced to act as a 'human bomb' by a Russian soldier amid claims Putin is using African troops as 'meat for the meat grinder' in the Ukraine war

‘Meat for the meat grinder’: Putin’s barbaric forces…

Russia has been accused of tricking African troops into joining its ranks before using…

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Putin’s desperate ‘last roll of the dice’ for besieged city before troops face brutal -30C Ukrainian winter in trenches

Putin’s desperate ‘last roll of the dice’ for besieged city before…

VLADIMIR Putin’s army has just weeks to clinch a “symbolic” victory in a Ukrainian key…

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