Putin Demands Ukraine Pull Back Troops, Abandon NATO

par This Is Beirut, 14/06 15:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would only halt its offensive on Ukraine if Kyiv effectively surrenders by pulling its troops out of the east and south and dropping its bid for NATO membership. Ukraine, NATO and the United States immediately rejected Putin's hardline conditions to halt the full-scale military offensive ...