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BBC News: Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine

By BBC.
Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine.
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Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. He had asked that Russian forces be used "until the normalisation of the political situation in the country".

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