Vladimir Putin has vowed decide 'today' whether to recognise Ukraine's eastern regions as independent states - a move that would pave the way for a long-feared Russian invasion of the country. Putin made the remark at the end of an hours-long security council meeting that was broadcast on Russian TV during which the country's top security officials laid out the case for war - seemingly aimed at persuading a skeptical public of the need to attack. Having spent days staging what are widely believed to be false flag attacks on Ukrainian soil and blaming them on Kiev, ministers presented the 'evidence' to Putin today:
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