Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered what he called peacekeeping forces into the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. They will be at least 450 miles from the route of the Druzhba, or Friendship, pipeline that carries Russian oil across northwest Ukraine and into Europe. They’ll also be about 100 miles from the lines that carry Russian gas.
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