Putin stages meeting as dissent grows

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CBC News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with a hand-picked gathering of military mothers in an attempt to fend off mounting criticism of his latest troop deployment in Ukraine. It came as video released from the Ukraine battlefield shows mobilized Russian troops with limited supplies to survive the now freezing conditions, with family members demanding they be sent home from the 'meat grinder'.

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