New York Post: Putin’s contradictory ‘war and peace’ efforts

By New York Post.

Published June 22, 2014 at 10:50 am

A Russian-backed militant looks through the debris of an IL-76 Ukrainian military transporter shot down on its approach to Luhansk Airport on June 14, killing all 49 men aboard.

Photo by AFP/Kyiv Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that he supports peace efforts in Ukraine, hours after ordering his forces to go on “full combat alert.”