Putin mocks West,  says Russia will  push Ukraine

Putin mocks West, says Russia will push Ukraine

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On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow

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would continue its military activity in Ukraine until accomplishing its aims

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After eight years of conflict, Putin told an annual business event in the far Eastern port

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city of Vladivostok that the primary purpose of deploying soldiers into Ukraine

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Reiterating his claim that he deployed troops into Ukraine to safeguard Moscow backed

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separatist areas that have battled Ukrainian forces since the crisis began in 2014

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Everything we have done has been for the people of Donbas; supporting them is our responsibility, and we want to see it through to the conclusion

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In response to what Putin said were aggressive Western sanctions, Russia bolstered its national Sovereignty.

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Putin boasted that Russia has successfully fought Western Economic, Financial and Technical assault

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