In a prisoner-of-war camp in western Ukraine, a former miner from the east is being interviewed about how he ended up fighting for Russia. His speech is slurred and one arm paralysed: the results not

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With working steam all but extinct globally, there is still one place in the world where you can find it in commercial, industrial service… Bosnia.

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WITH SERIAL KILLERS, CANNIBALS AND PAEDOPHILES ALL FIGHTING ON THE FRONTLINE, THE RUSSIAN ARMY’S RANKS IN UKRAINE ARE AWASH WITH MEN GUILTY OF THE WORST POSSIBLE CRIMES