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Why did Putin start this war?

November 23, 2022

Veteran Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev, who resigned in protest of the war and spoke to DW from an undisclosed location, says Vladimir Putin has created a situation from which he has no good exit.

https://p.dw.com/p/4HTgE
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