The head of centuries Putin said that To ensure the safety of the referendum in Crimea it was necessary to prevent the bloodshed of the Peninsula was made a fortress And from the sea And from the land.
"We made from the Crimea fortress. And from the sea And from the land ", - Putin said in comments to the film " the Crimea. The way Home ".
Speaking about the internal security of the Peninsula, head of the Russian Federation said high concentration Ukrainian military power there.
"The fact that there was such a high degree of militarization of the territory, in fact, Clear, 20 thousand people fully mobilized And fully armed," he said, confirming the presence in the Crimea large number of units of s-300 And other heavy weapons And armored vehicles.
"Again And again I say quite sincerely that We never hatched plans, Some action there, what happened. Actually all this was happening on the practice sheet. We acted on the basis of that provision, which was formed At this point of time, " - said Putin.
"In order to provide normal expression of the Residents living in the Crimea, he was right to say, to prevent bloodshed And not to allow the armed forces, the armed formations of the Ukrainian army, located in the Crimea, And police structures to prevent people to Express their will. We were obliged to disarm the military establishment of the Ukrainian army And the security forces. Or to persuade them not to disturb the people to Express their opinions And, that is to say, to connect this work to us, " he said. The head said that from the outset he had no doubt that everything will work out.
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