Putin: Ukraine action aimed at ending ‘war’ raging since 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s actions in Ukraine are intended to stop a “war” that has been raging in eastern Ukraine for many years.
Speaking at a meeting with veterans on Wednesday, he said Russia has long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014.
