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Vol. 15 · No. 134 · Monday, 9 November 2026

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Russia releases improved ‘director's cut’ of soldier calling airstrike on self

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MOSCOW — Russian officials have released what critics are calling a better “director’s cut” of the conversation between a Russian Spetsnaz soldier and his commander in which the soldier intentionally called an airstrike on himself to destroy nearby ISIS fighters.

“We receive much criticism that first draft seem fake," says transcript author Rasputin Karenin. "At request of Tsar Putin, we review American propaganda masterpiece like American Sniper, Zero Dark Thirty, and OxiClean infomercial. We realize we had, as capitalist say, 'undersold' ourselves.”

Col. Vasili Pushkin, the commander who authorized the actual airstrike, appreciates the Kremlin having his character represented better in the updated transcript.

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