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Fentanyl in the Russian Trenches

What Ukraine’s intel says about Russian morale, and why armies keep reaching for chemical courage

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Wes O'Donnell
Feb 06, 2026
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The call starts like a bad joke, except nobody’s laughing.

A Russian soldier, somewhere in the meat grinder, asks his buddy if he has anything “in reserve.”

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