Vladimir Putin 's decision to recognise two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine has 'dangerous parallels' to Adolf Hitler 's actions before the Second World War, a Tory MP said last night. The Russian leader has ordered troops into eastern Ukraine as part of a so-called 'peacekeeping mission' after declaring the region to be independent. The move followed the Kremlin's decision to agree treaties of 'friendship and mutual assistance' with two 'independent republics' controlled by Russian-backed separatists. Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash pointed out the similarities with Hitler 's demand for self-determination for the German -speaking population of the Sudetenland prior...