MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (Feb 21) that Russia wanted to solve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully but that Western countries had prepared a 'different scenario' behind its back. 'We were doing everything possible to solve this problem peacefully, negotiating
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia wanted to solve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully but that Western countries had prepared a"different scenario" behind its back.
"We were doing everything possible to solve this problem peacefully, negotiating a peaceful way out of this difficult conflict, but behind our backs a very different scenario was being prepared," Putin told lawmakers from Russia's parliamentDelivering his speech to members of both houses of parliament and to military commanders and soldiers, he said: "I am making this address at a time which we all know is a difficult, watershed moment for our country, a time of cardinal,...
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