Has Putin sealed Ukraine’s fate?
28 February 2022 |
7:34 am
Moscow's recognition of the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk has unleashed fears of a wider Russian invasion of Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna tells DW, "Putin will go as far as he will be allowed." Interview recorded on February 22, 2022.
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