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epa09974831 Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) accompanied by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (2-R) and Pavel Krainyukov (R), Head of the Central Military Clinical Hospital named after P.V. Mandryk, meets with Russian servicemen Yuzbeg Kazitov (L) and Ivan Petruk (2-L) who were wounded during the Russian 'special military operation' in Ukraine, as he visits the Central Military Clinical Hospital named after P.V. Mandryk 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