[NorseViking]

In fact Putin didn’t deny it, although everybody thought it is unlikely. He made the point that the Ukie attempt to regain Donbas is going to be a red line.

[Zhang Fei]

[In fact Putin didn’t deny it, although everybody thought it is unlikely.]

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Russian government spokespeople did. Putin is not his own PR flack. That’s a full-time job in itself for an entire department of people.