The US and its allies want to make the country a “withering space” like Ukraine, the president has claimed The West intends to do to Russia what it did to Ukraine and many other nations – turn it into a dying, failed state, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in a keynote speech on Thursday.

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Two friendly fire incidents have resulted in the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers, Russia claims The lack of competence among Kiev’s forces, including foreigners recruited to fight for Ukraine, has resulted in at least two cases of friendly fire, the Russian military claimed on Tuesday.