Putin Orders Troops Into Ukraine After Shocking Declaration

The Russian president will deploy “peacekeeping” troops to Luhansk and Donetsk after unilaterally deeming the breakaway states independent of Ukraine.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

Allison Quinn 

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Noor Ibrahim 

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Published Feb. 21 2022 9:31AM EST 

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Managing Editor

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