How Putin prepared elite troops for Ukraine
A deadly crackdown on an uprising in Kazakhstan in January held lessons for the invasion of Ukraine the following month.
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A deadly crackdown on an uprising in Kazakhstan in January held lessons for the invasion of Ukraine the following month.
By James Kilner