Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Friday said Ukraines government needed to agree to a ceasefire and return to the negotiating table. We are ready for this, Putin said as he declared the parts of Ukraine occupied by Moscows forces to be part of Russia. Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions were to be incorporated through treaties signed with the states, which Moscow had recognised as independent. Putin stressed that the people in these regions had become our citizens forever. He stressed that there would be no negotiations with Ukraine concerning…
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