MOSCOW - A shift in President Vladimir Putin's language on the conflict in eastern Ukraine reflects a transformation in the situation on the battlefield and sounds a warning to Kyiv to negotiate sooner rather than later.
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People on a car are advised to turn back because of land mines by a villager at an abandoned checkpoint in Olenivka, 20kms south of Donetsk, on Sept. 1, 2014.
