Putin says Russia is planning a buffer zone to protect against Ukrainian cross-border attacks
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Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are depicted in a tug-of-war game on a memorial in Izium, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia's military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia's military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gestures as she speaks to the media in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gestures as she speaks to the media in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Mourners gather before the funeral of Vitaliy Alimov in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)Family members of Vitaliy Alimov, his mother Maria, bottom left, and his wife Natalia, top second left, mourn over his body before his funeral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)Family members of Vitaliy Alimov, his mother Maria and his wife Natalia, mourn over his body before his funeral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)Family members of Vitaliy Alimov, his mother Maria and his wife Natalia, mourn over his body before his funeral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)FILE - Men in unmarked uniforms stand guard during the seizure of the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. When Ukraine's Kremlin-friendly president was ousted in 2014 by mass protests that Moscow called a U.S.-instigated coup, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by sending troops to overrun Crimea and staging a plebiscite on joining Russia, which the West dismissed as illegal. (AP Photo, File)Family members of Vitaliy Alimov mourn over his body during his funeral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)Emergency services workers look on as Military chaplain Archpriest Ioann shovels earth into the grave of Vitaliy Alimov during his funeral in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Monday March 18, 2024. Alimov, a firefighter, was killed in the Russian attack on Odesa on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Victor Sajenko)People walk by an effigy of Russian President Vladimir Putin dressed in a prisoner outfit during a rainfall in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. President Vladimir Putin secured a fifth term after the harshest clampdown on the opposition and free speech in the country since the Soviet era. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles and drones that were collected to investigate Russia's military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia's military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are depicted in a tug-of-war game on a memorial in Izium, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
