Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging citizens not to panic after Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognized two regions in his nation controlled by Moscow-backed separatists.

"We are committed to the peaceful and diplomatic path, we will follow it and only it," Zelensky said in a speech on Monday night.

"But we are on our own land, we are not afraid of anything and anybody, we owe nothing to no one, and we will give nothing to no one," he added.

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