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Britain's Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in a statement on the 21st that the increased mobilization of Russian forces was "equivalent to admitting the failure of the invasion". "(Putin) has broken his own promise not to mobilize civilians," he said, adding that "no amount of threats or propaganda can cover up the fact that Ukraine is winning." . Germany's Deputy Chancellor Robert Habeck said "Russia has made another mistake," according to Reuters.

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