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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine and accused the U.S.-led Nato alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it could defeat Russia.
Flanked by four Russian tricolor flags on either side of him, Putin told Russia’s political and military elite that Russia would “carefully and consistently resolve the tasks facing us.”
Putin said Russia had done everything it could to avoid war, but that Western-backed Ukraine had been planning to attack Crimea.
