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Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again justified the war against Ukraine, which has been going on for almost four months, by saying Russia had had no alternative. “In the current situation, against the backdrop of increasing risks and threats to us, Russia’s decision to conduct a special military operation was … coerced and necessary,” Putin said at the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg on Friday. The West had previously “literally pumped up Ukraine with its weapons and its military advisers,” the head of the Kremlin said. Putin went on to say, “The decision is aimed at …