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Several Russian servicemen seek help avoiding Ukraine war - lawyers

By Dasha Afanasieva
FILE PHOTO: Russian servicemen march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Several Russian servicemen are seeking legal help to avoid being sent to fight in the war in Ukraine, two lawyers said, after 12 members of Russia's National Guard were fired for refusing to go.

Lawyer Mikhail Benyash said around 200 people had been in contact to ask what they should do in a similar situation.

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