For months, Moscow has steadfastly denied that Russian troops were fighting in Ukraine. But Valentina Melnikova has a different story to tell.
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Ludmila Hohlova, chairwoman of the Kostroma Board of Soldiers' Mothers, gestures on Aug. 28 near a checkpoint of the Russian paratroopers' base in Kostroma, some 350 kilometers outside Moscow.
