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President Putin weighs in on Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Iran wars, clarifies Moscow’s stance

President Putin weighs in on Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Iran wars, clarifies Moscow’s stance

Moscow, June 21 (UNI) Weighing in on the Russia-Ukraine war, and the ongoing Israel-Iran war, Russian President Vladmir Putin highlighted their key aspects, and clarified Moscow’s stance on both of them, in an interview with Sky News Arabia.

Speaking on the Ukraine war, Putin claimed that external powers are actively blocking a peaceful resolution, accusing them of using Ukraine as a proxy to serve their own strategic goals.

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