Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow had no other choice but to invade Ukraine to ensure Russias security, speaking hours after his army crossed his ex-Soviet neighbours borders.
What was happening left us with no choice, the Russian leader said, during a televised meeting with business representatives, adding that we had no other way of proceeding.
In a video grab taken from a handout footage made available yesterday, on the official website of the Russian President (kremlin.ru), President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation at the Kremlin in Moscow.
He announced a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 and called on soldiers there to lay down their arms, defying Western outrage and global appeals not to launch a war.
