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Crisis in Ukraine


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In a Ukrainian prison, cells are full of young Russian conscripts

In the basement of a prison in northeastern Ukraine, dozens of Russian soldiers - some wounded, most barely adults - sat huddled on metal bunk beds Friday, dressed in mismatched T-shirts and flip flops. In one tile-floored cell secured with a heavy metal door, Garfield played on a TV in the corner.
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Ukraine plotted incursion to throw Kremlin off balance

Ukraine had been weighing several possibilities for an attack that would shock the leadership in Moscow and put President Vladimir Putin on the backfoot before storming across the border last week, according to a Western official familiar with the planning.