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Russia Confronts Results of Hasty Deployment in Kosovo 

Military: Shortages hit troops. Back home, legal experts say dispatching them violated constitution.
Jump to full article: Los Angeles Times, 1999-06-16
Author: RICHARD C. PADDOCK, Times Staff Writer

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Russian news services reported Tuesday that the paratroopers holding the airport outside Pristina, Kosovo's capital, were running low on food and fuel only four days into their standoff. Even worse, the soldiers had already run out of cigarettes. [This graph only]

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