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Putin compares himself to monarch, sends foreign fighters to death for defending Ukraine
Ukraine‘s side, in a punishment handed down by the country’s pro-Moscow rebels.Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to liken himself to conquering monarch Peter the Great and spoke of his country’s need to “take back” territory and “defend itself” as the Kremlin’s forces continued a grinding war of attrition in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine needs more artillery to maintain fight in key Donbas city, commander says A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine found the three captured fighters guilty of working toward a violent overthrow of power, an offense punishable by death in the unrecognized eastern republic.