Sunday, March 15, 2015

Ukraine conflict: Putin 'was ready for nuclear alert'


President Vladimir Putin has said he was ready to put Russia's nuclear weapons on standby during tensions over the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea. In comments in a documentary aired on state TV on Sunday, Mr Putin said the life of ex-Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych had been in danger. He also said Russians in Crimea were in danger before Russia annexed it. In a previously released clip from the film, he said he ordered the annexation weeks before a referendum was held. Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula.

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INC News, 15/03/2015 - via BBC

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