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Seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine,

hundreds of thousands of civilian men were drafted into Putin's army to fight in the war.

These men had normal lives and jobs, families and loved ones who were worried or proud, or both as their men went to serve their country.

But it's been 16 months since the first conscripts were called up.

And women have become desperate and angry about the toll it's taking.

They want their men home. Many wives, partners and mothers

supported President Putin but now they feel betrayed and they're mobilizing

in their thousands to protest against a wall with no end in sight.

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