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A harrowing video has shown the moment a family is cut down by tank fire on a country lane as a son desperately begs his father to 'don't die dad' - as Putin blames civilian casualties on 'gangster' Ukrainian using 'human shields'.
The Russian President denied that his troops are deliberately targeting civilians, amid vast evidence to the contrary, as he insisted his invasion is going exactly to plan and schedule on Thursday.
Putin hailed his soldiers as heroes who are fighting to save innocent lives and blamed Ukrainian 'neo-Nazis' for holding citizens hostage.