Russian president Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s actions in Ukraine are intended to stop a “war” that has been raging in eastern Ukraine for many years. Speaking at a meeting with veterans on Wednesday, he said Russia has long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. “Large-scale combat operations involving heavy weapons, artillery, tanks and aircraft haven’t stopped in Donbas since 2014,” he said. “All that we are doing today, as part of the special military operation, is an attempt to stop...
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