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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to a soldier as he visits a military training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in the Ryazan region of Russia, on Oct. 20, 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is seen back to a camera. The Kremlin insists that any political settlement of the war in Ukraine must include the recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and the acceptance of its other territorial gains -- conditions that Ukraine has rejected. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)