Putin airs grievances in speech on Ukraine

By Andrey Ostroukh and Andrew Osborn
Updated February 22 2022 - 8:31am, first published 8:28am
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine was created by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine was created by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed decrees recognising two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent statelets, defying Western warnings that such a step would be illegal and would kill off peace negotiations.

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