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The Daily Beast: Putin reignites Ukraine conflict as rift with Biden blows up

By The Daily Beast.

Published March 21, 2021 at 4:09 am

Russian military Mil Mi-8 and a Mil Mi-26 helicopters fly over Red Square and the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the WWII Victory Parade in Moscow on June 20, 2020. - Russia's President Putin on June 24 will preside over a massive military parade to mark Soviet victory in World War II, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

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The war in eastern Ukraine, which had cooled down over the past year, is reaching boiling point again. A 2020 ceasefire with Russian-backed militants has broken down. Soldiers on both sides are dying almost daily. Ukrainians are asking for an early, forceful move by President Biden, whom sources consider “Ukraine’s big friend.”