“Putins point of view is once the referendums have taken place…those territories will be part of Russia. So any Ukrainian attack on them supported by the West, is an attack on Russia itself.”
Putin has announced a partial mobilisation, conscription of men with previous military experience and will use referendums to escalate the war in Ukraine, former Ambassador to Russia Rodric Braithwaite tells #timesradio .
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