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If it looks like a war, swims like a war, quacks like a war, then it probably is a war. Unless you’re Russia. Then the war is a “ special military operation .”![Image of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a t-shirt displayed in a souvenir shop in Moscow.]( "Image of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a t-shirt displayed in a souvenir shop in Moscow.")
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![Russian Orthodox priest checks his mobile phone as others march across Moscow's Red Square, on May 24, 2011.]( "Russian Orthodox priest checks his mobile phone as others march across Moscow's Red Square, on May 24, 2011. (Soure: Getty Images)")
![A view of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, March 29, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A view of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, March 29, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
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