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These separatist units were chronically understaffed after a decade of smaller-scale conflict against Kyiv.
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Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 4 May 2024
In recent years, DeSantis has sent members of Florida’s National Guard to work in the state’s understaffed prisons, as well as to the Texas-Mexico border to assist with the border crisis and to the Florida Keys to intercept migrants from Haiti.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
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Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 4 May 2024
In recent years, DeSantis has sent members of Florida’s National Guard to work in the state’s understaffed prisons, as well as to the Texas-Mexico border to assist with the border crisis and to the Florida Keys to intercept migrants from Haiti.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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