Putin: If Kiev starts to use army against people inside country this is serious crime
PoliticalIf current Kiev authorities started to use army against people inside Ukraine this is a very serious crime against their own people, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a media forum in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
He said that he found out about the start of military actions in Ukraine’s Donetsk region from media reports.
“If the current Kiev authorities really started to use army against people inside the country, this is a very serious crime against their own people,” the president stressed, recalling that even legitimate Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych did not go as far as involving the army for dispersing rallies in Kiev, although he had the corresponding credentials.
Putin is convinced that current Kiev authorities do not have such a mandate, and the legitimacy of their actions on the whole is only partial. “This is If current Kiev authorities started to use army against people inside Ukraine this is a very serious crime against their own people, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a media forum in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
He said that he found out about the start of military actions in Ukraine’s Donetsk region from media reports.
“If the current Kiev authorities really started to use army against people inside the country, this is a very serious crime against their own people,” the president stressed, recalling that even legitimate Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych did not go as far as involving the army for dispersing rallies in Kiev, although he had the corresponding credentials.
Putin is convinced that current Kiev authorities do not have such a mandate, and the legitimacy of their actions on the whole is only partial. “This is a junta, some kind of clique,” the Russian leader exclaims.a junta, some kind of clique,” the Russian leader exclaims.