Remember Putin's pretext to seize Crimea:
The night Yanukovych fled 2/22, Putin called meeting & tasked military & spec services w/ "saving the life of the president of Ukraine"
"We are forced to begin the work to bring Crimea back into Russia." Troops arrived 2/27—5 days later
The night Yanukovych fled 2/22, Putin called meeting & tasked military & spec services w/ "saving the life of the president of Ukraine"
"We are forced to begin the work to bring Crimea back into Russia." Troops arrived 2/27—5 days later
When Ukrainians ousted Yanukovych (who fled to Russia) in 2014, Putin freaked out & panicked. 100+ Ukrainians were killed in Kyiv, but Putin claimed Yanuk would be killed. And that "forced" him to invade Crimea. It's pretty wild. And he admitted it all. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Putin actually made a glitzy propaganda film confessing to lying to the world about Russian troops in Crimea. The cynicism was seen as clear & ominous. I wrote about it at the time. It was just after Nemtsov's assassination at the foot of the Kremlin. euromaidanpress.com/2015/03/26/put…
For a whole year, Putin & Kremlin officials denied Russian troops had seized Crimea. Then Putin became the hero of the true story. "Each and every appearance and official announcement from the previous year concerning Crimea was a big lie," I wrote
Putin is the king of Big Lies.
Putin is the king of Big Lies.
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