Near the end of the Feb. 24 announcement of a “special military operation” in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia appealed to the public to “take a consolidated, patriotic position.” Instead, many Russians have expressed skepticism and opposition to a war they neither wanted nor were consulted about. When television editor Marina Ovsyannikova unfurled a sign declaring “No war” on a live state news broadcast, the sentiment was already spreading widely.
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