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Jacqueline Howard in London

Key moments from Russian President Vladimir Putin's state of the nation address

A senior defence analyst says Putin's speech potentially sets Russia up for a prolonged war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used an annual speech to accuse the West of stoking a global war to destroy Russia and to praise the efforts of his troops in Ukraine.

Speaking in a televised address in Moscow the day after US President Joe Biden unexpectedly visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, there was speculation Mr Putin would announce a sharp escalation in the war in retaliation.

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