• Police carry off an anti-war protester in central Moscow on Friday. Even as the Kremlin gets ever more aggressive in trying to shape the narrative and deny events in Ukraine, the reality of the war is dawning across Russia; on Wednesday, the military for the first time announced a death toll for Russian servicemen in the conflict. | SERGEY PONOMAREV / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Police carry off an anti-war protester in central Moscow on Friday. Even as the Kremlin gets ever more aggressive in trying to shape the narrative and deny events in Ukraine, the reality of the war is dawning across Russia; on Wednesday, the military for the first time announced a death toll for Russian servicemen in the conflict. | SERGEY PONOMAREV / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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SOCHI, Russia – On Feb. 23, Razil Malikov, a tank driver in the Russian army, called his family and said he would be home soon; his unit’s military drills in Crimea were just about wrapping up.

The next morning, Russia invaded Ukraine, and Malikov hasn’t been heard from since. On Monday, Ukraine published a video of a captured soldier in his unit, apologizing for taking part in the invasion.

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