(featured image is source BBC) As he promised, Putin is seeming to regain control more or less of the New Russia According to Wikipedia: New Russia or Novorossiya (Russian) is a historical name, used during the era of the Russian Empire for an administrative area that would later become the southern mainland of Ukraine: the region immediately north of the Black Sea and Crimea. The province fell largely within a slightly wider area known in Ukrainian as the Stepovyna “Steppe Land”, or Nyz “Lower Land”. The name Novorossiya, which means New Russia, entered official usage in 1764, after the Russian […] #Featured #History #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/12/is-someone-taking-back-control-of-the-new-russia/?feed_id=7224