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Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion


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Pokrovsk, Sumy and Kyiv, Ukraine
CNN
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Dima never puts out a cigarette until he smokes it right down to the filter, risking burning his fingers to squeeze out one more drag. He spent years on the Ukrainian front lines. He knows the price of a good smoke.