LIVE UPDATES: In his annual address, Russian President Putin claims that Kyiv and its Western allies started the war in Ukraine.
Dignitaries gather for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual state of the nation address in central Moscow on Thursday.Mithil Aggarwal
Putin also said Russia"will continue our program of social restoration" of the four eastern regions of Ukraine — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — which it Days before the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukraine and its Western allies had starting of the war.On Feb. 24, 2022, thousands of Russian forces crossed the border into Ukraine, launching a major conflict that has destabilized the world order and isolated Russia. This followed the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and years of supporting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
"We urge certain countries to immediately stop fueling the fire, stop shifting blame to China and stop touting Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow," Qin Gang told a security conference in Beijing, in an apparent dig at the United States and its allies' support towards both Ukraine and Taiwan. This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.
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