<blockquote>'..Putin's use Sunday of the word "statehood" indicated Russia could be raising the stakes by seeking full independence for the regions, which he recently referred to as "Novorossiya" (New Russia).'
- AP (
Source, August 31, 2014)</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
'..[Russia was] "practically in a war against Europe". ' - Dalia Grybauskaite(Ukraine) - '.."close to a point of no return - full scale-war".'</blockquote>