As well as calling for international recognition of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the Russian president said he is obliged to provide military support to separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, adding forcefully, “We intend to stand by our obligations.”Feb. 22, 2022
UP NEXT
NATO chief: ‘Ukraine can count on us for as long as it takes’
01:19
U.K.'s Boris Johnson calls out Putin's 'toxic masculinity'
00:34
Biden, NATO pledge additional troops to Eastern Europe amid war in Ukraine
03:19
Ukrainian woman captured by Russians reunites with her mother
02:57
Biden pledges greater defense commitment to Europe in wake of Russian invasion
00:59
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says video shows Russians targeted Kremenchuk mall