Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on November 13, 2018.

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Igor Girkin is a former Russian military commander who led the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Recently, he has been a critic of the Kremlin's military strategy in Ukraine. The soldiers are facing "the deepest crisis of strategic planning," Girkin wrote on Telegram.

An ex-Russian military commander who visited the frontline in Ukraine said Russian soldiers are in...

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