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He described Ukraine’s east as Russia’s “historic territories,” adding that Moscow conceded their loss after the 1991 Soviet collapse but had to act to protect Russian speakers there.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9418321/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-2014/
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the conflict in the Donbas to justify the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, arguing that Russia has a humanitarian imperative to protect Russian speakers from repression.