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People watches a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's state-of-the-nation address in a cinema theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo)Putin has repeatedly said that he sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 to protect Russian interests and prevent Ukraine from posing a major security threat to Russia by joining NATO. Kyiv and its allies have denounced it as an unprovoked act of aggression.
Originally published at The Associated Press