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Russian President Vladimir Putin probably won’t have to wait long for the first major test of his resolve to annex part of Ukraine, as Kyivan forces threaten to encircle a pocket of the Donbass region he is about to conquer.
The Kremlin said Putin would sign what it called treaties with Moscow-anointed leaders of 4 occupied provinces in eastern Ukraine on Friday. Ratification of its absorption in Russia would soon follow.
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