(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 18 - "We have resurrected these territories" of Crimea and "we know exactly what to do now, how, at whose expense and we will implement all our plans".
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in a public event at the Moscow stadium, filled with flags and hymns on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea Putin also quoted the Bible: "There is no greater love than giving one's life for their friends ", the Tsar said, stating that" it is the inhabitants of Crimea who have made the right choice, have put an obstacle to nationalism and alnazism, which continues to exist in the Donbass, with punitive operations of that population. They have been victims I would attack and this is what we call genocide. Avoiding it - he said - is the goal of our military operation "in Ukraine.
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