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The leaders of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine have requested military assistance from Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Kremlin spokesman said Wednesday, as Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed that US intelligence has determined that additional military forces have entered the two regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin “received letters of appeal from Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the Luhansk People’s Republic, and Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told state-run media, referring to the breakaway territories’ titles. Peskov said that the two separatist region’s leaders feel there are “threats from Kyiv” towards Donetsk and Luhansk residents. Ukrainian officials have emphatically denied assaulting the Russian military or troops loyal to the two separatist areas, while Kirby recently told reporters that he believes Moscow is aiming to use “false flags” to justify an invasion of Ukraine. “We…