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Putin reveals the moment he gave the order to take Crimea from Ukraine


Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea, the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March. In a trailer shown on state-owned TV on Sunday for a coming documentary, Putin said he met with security officials last February to make plans for saving Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled power after months of pro-European protests in the Ukrainian capital. “We got ready to get him right out of Donetsk by land, by sea, or by air,” Putin said. “Heavy machine guns were mounted there so …read more

Source: Business Insider

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