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The Russian despot addressed students and teachers ahead of the new school year, but ended up baffling them with a strange tirade about polar bears getting ripped apart

Anastasia Barashkova / REUTERS Vladimir Putin has prompted fresh questions about his mental state after comparing his war against Ukraine to a bloody battle between orcas and polar bears. The Russian leader, 73, made the bizarre analogy in a televised meeting with teachers ahead of the start of the upcoming school yea