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In a Facebook posting the Ukrainian intelligence officials said Russian soldiers, dispirited by a long-term stay on combat positions, lack of financial support and ill-treatment, intentionally burned down their BM-21 Grad - a truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, according to Ukraine Today.

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