Putin recognizes separatist eastern Ukrainian regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Putin has convened top officials to consider recognizing the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. Such a move would ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that the Kremlin could launch an invasion of Ukraine imminently. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russian President President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine — a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that his country could invade Ukraine at any moment and use skirmishes as a pretext for an attack....
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