This Gym Owner’s Double Life Helped Wreck Putin’s War Plans

Dec 24 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
Daniel Brown

KHERSON, Ukraine—Soon after Ukrainian forces kicked Russian forces out of Kherson, city resident Kostyantyn Babenko, 49, received a WhatsApp message from one of his old friends in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) asking him for a favor. Communications like these were no small thing—by now, Babenko’s hometown had been under occupation by Russian forces for nearly seven months.

Due to the risky nature of their relationship, Babenko’s friend only sent him a short, secretive...

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