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Russian President Putin Addresses Nation Following Security Council's Meeting on #Donbass dlvr.it/SKNt3n

Putin: for Russia, Ukraine is not just a neighbouring country but a part of our history, our comrades and relatives

Putin: the situation in Donbass has become critical

Putin: modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia due to the rejection of part of Russia's historical territories, no one asked the inhabitants anything

Putin: for some reason, Khrushchev gave Crimea to Ukraine

Putin: the events of the Soviet past cannot be changed nor ignored

Putin: Ukraine today can be rightly called "Ukraine named after Vladimir Lenin," its author and architect

Putin: Bolsheviks literally squeezed Donbass into Ukraine

Russia ready to show Ukraine what real de-Communization means, says Putin

Putin says 1991 collapse of Soviet Union robbed Russia, put it in difficult position

Putin: radicals and nationalists take credit for Ukraine's independence but they have nothing to do with it

Putin: Despite injustice and deceit, Russian people recognised states after collapse of Soviet Union and helped CIS countries, including Ukraine

Russia fully paid off Ukraine's debts but Kiev refused to comply with agreements on return of property, Putin says

Putin: Ukraine never had its true statehood, copying model instead

Putin: Parasitic attitude took over partnership in Ukraine-Russia relations

Putin: radicals who seized power in Ukraine organized terror, a series of unpunished murders took place, people in Odessa were brutally murdered, but the criminals were not punished - we know them by name and will do everything to punish them

Putin: Ukraine is split, going through acute economic crisis

Corruption in Ukraine corroded Ukrainian statehood, nationalists took advantage of this in 2014 with support of West, Putin says

Putin: There is no independent court in Ukraine

Kiev tried to use dialogue with Russia for bargaining with the West, from very beginning began to build statehood on contradictions, Putin said

Putin: Power of 'patriots' in Ukraine lost its national character, leads to de-sovereignisation of country

The Russian language is being removed from all public spheres in Ukraine, says Putin

Putin: they want to organize an underground in Donbass, and organize military operations against Russia

Putin: Ukraine plans to unleash a war against Russians in Donbass

Putin: Ukraine's constitution does not allow foreign military bases, but they bypassed that law, they call the base a NATO mission

Putin: America used Ukraine and Georgia to carry out anti-Russian policies

Ukraine has Soviet nuclear know-how, says Putin

Putin: Russia is again asked to believe that NATO is a peace union

Putin: Kiev has long proclaimed course toward NATO but there's principle in int'l docs not to strengthen security at others' expense

Command of armed forces of Ukraine can directly come from NATO headquarters, says Putin

US does not need such a big country as Russia in NATO, says Putin

Russia received five ways of NATO expansion, we were simply deceived, Putin says

NATO's main adversary is Russia, Ukraine will serve as foothold for strike, says Putin

Putin: If NATO deploys radars in Ukraine, they will be able to control Russian territory

Putin: Russia's proposals on security guarantees were rejected out of hand

US deployment of some weapons in Ukraine will mean they put knife to Russia's throat, says Putin