US Politics | Ukraine news LATEST: Vladimir Putin slams West for ‘FUELLING’ war & ‘destabilising markets’ in mad televised rant

VLADIMIR Putin claimed the West is ...fuelling... the Ukraine war & ...destabilising markets... in a raft of false claims made in a TV speech. During an annual speech at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Mr Putin said: ...They are fuelling the war in Ukraine, escalating provocations around Taiwan, destabilising the world food and energy markets.... ...As far as the last one is concerned, it was not deliberate, we don't doubt that, it was due to systemic errors.... It comes as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said Russian generals were ...driving its own soldiers to their deaths... in the Donbas region due to the ...craziness... of the Russian command. Zelensky said Ukrainian troops have been, and still are holding out against repeated attacks within the eastern Donbas region. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates...