Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. He’s used this diplomatic word-play as a reason to order the Russian army to launch a so-called peacekeeping mission into the area. His actions are a significant ramping up of diplomatic tensions in the ongoing Russian/Ukraine crisis.The president has ordered his defence officials to deploy troops into the two regions – Donetsk and Luhansk. Columns of military vehicles including tanks have now entered the city of Donetsk, the capital of one of two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine. At this stage it’s not immediately clear […]
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