MOSCOW (AP) — 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 for an upcoming documentary, shown on state-owned television late Sunday, Putin said that he met with security officials in 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. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
