Russian president says he was ready to put Russia’s nuclear weapons on alert during tensions over crisis in Crimea and UkraineMoscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been in danger after ‘revolutionaries’ seized power following weeks of violent street protests in Kiev last year. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
