🇷🇺 Key points from Putin’s speech on Ukraine:

🇷🇺 Key points from Putin’s speech on Ukraine: ▪️ There was no Ukraine as part of the Russian Empire: “There was no Ukraine as part of the Russian Empire, it was formed only under Soviet rule, including at the expense of South Russian lands,“ Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the new composition of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. ▪️ If we had normal, modern relations with brotherly Ukraine, no one would have thought of taking actions related to Crimea. ▪️ Ukraine is selling weapons to the Middle East, including to the Taliban. ▪️ The U.S. is plotting a change of elites in Ukraine because of corruption problems. ▪️ It was just necessary to protect the people [in Crimea] from this Nazi scum. Источник: Global News (EU, USA)