“No one, but us, recognizes Crimea as Russia, and they [Ukraine] are conducting military operations in the Donbass.” President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with women flight crews of Russian airlines. The people started showing resistance and were persecuted for that. The Kiev authorities began to conduct military operations on those territories, Putin said. There were “two punitive operations” conducted, during which the squares of Donetsk were shelled directly, but both of those campaigns failed, he said. Afterwards, the Minsk Accords were signed, which showed a way to a peaceful resolut…