Putin calls Western countries instigators of conflict in Ukraine

President Putin: Western countries have been instigators and instigators of conflict in Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine began with a constitutional coup in 2014, which was supported by Western countries, they are the instigators and instigators, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with a journalist of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” to Pavel Zarubin on Russia 1.

“Yes, they do, they did it from the very beginning in 2014. When they facilitated the coup d’état. Yes, I have said it many times: even the former leadership can be blamed there for some mistakes, but this is their internal matter – Ukraine itself,” Putin said when asked whether Western arms supplies to Ukraine crossed not only red lines, but also “maroon” ones.

“But to carry out a coup d’état, and a bloody one at that, is a different story. The West supported them – this is obviously an obvious thing. An armed constitutional coup – that’s where it all started. We had to protect the population of Crimea, we supported Donbass one way or another in the end. They pretend they had nothing to do with it. They are the instigators of this conflict and the instigators. And today they are handing over millions of ammunition, equipment and so on,” Putin added.

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