Russian President Vladimir Putin said the territories of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” will be “liberated in any case,” repeating long-standing Kremlin claims about the war in eastern Ukraine. The remarks came in an interview with India Today that has not yet been released in full. The channel and Russian state-run agencies, including TASS and RIA Novosti , published excerpts on Thursday. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official