President Putin today decided to recognize the “independence” of the regions in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists “in the near future.” Putin informed President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, in a telephone conversation this evening. The heads of the EU and the …

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