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Britain's spy chief says Russian soldiers refused to carry out orders in Ukraine

GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming delivers a speech when he met with Britain's Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the Watergate House on February 14, 2019. [Reuters]

The head of Britain's GCHQ spy service said on Wednesday that new intelligence showed some Russian soldiers in Ukraine had refused to carry out orders, sabotaged their own equipment and accidentally shot down one of their own aircraft.

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