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epa09975061 Russian President Vladimir Putin (front) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (back) visit the Central Military Clinical Hospital named after P.V. Mandryk where servicemen wounded during the Russian 'special military operation' in Ukraine are treated, in Moscow, Russia, 25 May 2022. On 24 February, Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA/MIKHAIL METZEL / KREMLIN POOL / SPUTNIK / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT