On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised Donetsk and Luhansk, two separatist-held territories in eastern Ukraine, as autonomous entities and authorised a special military operation "to safeguard" the people in the Donbas region, which encompasses the two separatist-held districts.
Ukraine, which is located in eastern Europe, is the continent's second-largest country after Russia, with a population of ....
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