MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out military tasks there.Putins comments during his annual news conference raised eyebrows after months of bluntly denying US and NATO charges that Moscow had any direct presence or role in eastern Ukraine beyond providing political and moral support for pro-Russian rebels there.We never said there werent people (in Ukraine) who work on resolving various issues there, including in the military sphere, Putin said when a Ukrainian journalist brought up the question of two captured Russians …read more
Source: Dunya TV
