MOSCOW, February 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his principled position on Ukraine, shared his assessments development of the situation, the Kremlin press service reports. Earlier it was reported that Assad expressed strong support for the special military operation conducted by Russia to protect the Donbass.» Thanking Bashar al-Assad for such a principled position, Vladimir Putin, in turn, shared his assessment of the situation in the solutions,» the message reads.The development of the situation is in the online report>>February 22, 19:08InfographicsDonetsk and Lugansk People's RepublicsInfographicViewPosted by: Natalia Makarova