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‘I’m ready to go to the war’ - Russian MP Popov

Pro-Putin Russian MP and TV host Evgeny Popov has told the 91ȱ he is prepared to join the army and be deployed wherever he is needed.

The Kremlin has launched what it calls a “partial mobilisation” and said it will get 300,000 newly drafted soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

The move has been met with protests and some countries bordering Russia have seen large numbers of men fleeing the draft crossing into their territory.

Mr Popov told the Hardtalk programme’s Stephen Sackur he had called his military officer and told him “I'm ready to go to the war anytime."

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