"We ran into a birch grove and hid," said Pvt. Vasily, whose small border fort was overrun on Aug. 6 at the outset of a Ukrainian incursion into Russia that was the first significant foreign attack on the country since World War II. The situation on the battlefield forced many soldiers to abandon their posts as they faced well-equipped Ukrainian forces. This highlighted the surprising vulnerability of Russian defenses along the border."},{
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