Putin says Russia had no choice but to send troops into Ukraine

Putin says Russia had no choice but to send troops into Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday repeated his position that Russia had had no choice but to intervene militarily in Ukraine, saying pro-Western revolutionaries had started "the war" there in 2014 when Ukraine's pro-Russian president was overthrown after weeks of street protests.

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