KABUL (Pajhwok): Tensions between Moscow and the Western have surged after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two rebel regions of Ukraine as independent areas.
In a televised address on Monday, Putin accused authorities in Kyiv of persecuting Russian speakers and preparing a blitzkrieg against the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in Ukraine’s east.
“As for those who seized and hold power in Kyiv, we demand an immediate end to their military operations,” Putin was quoted as saying by Russian media outlets.
“Otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of bloodshed will be fully on the conscience . . .
