Putin: the Ukrainian crisis is a consequence of U.S. attempts to impose their will
The Ukrainian crisis was a result of attempts by the US and its allies, who saw themselves as victors in the cold war, to impose everywhere his will, said the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin.
"The Ukrainian crisis has not appeared on the Russian wine. It was the result of attempts by the US and its Western allies who considered themselves "winners" in the "cold war" - to impose everywhere their will, " He said in a written interview with the Egyptian daily newspaper.
the leader reminded that the promises of the North Atlantic Commonwealth (data even the Soviet leadership) about naraschivanie East turned out to be empty words.
"We saw the NATO infrastructure moves closer to Russia's borders, as ignored the wishes of Russia," He said.
according to him, in the composition of the list of activities of the EU "Eastern partnership" attempts were made to tear off a number of countries of the former Soviet Union from Russia, to put them before artificial selection " with Russia or Europe."
"The culmination of these negative trends was the Ukrainian crisis. Many times we scared the US and its Western partners of the detrimental effects of interference in the internal Affairs of Ukraine. But to our vision did not listen, " said the head of the Russian Federation.
He noticed that in February of last year, the United States, a number of EU supported the coup in Kiev.
"Who seized power by force of arms ultra-nationalists put the country on the brink of schism, unleashed a fratricidal war," - said the Russian President.
Putin said externally supported the "party of war" in Kyiv continues to attempt to push the Ukrainian people into the abyss of a national disaster."
"very quickly worsened the situation in the Donbass. The Ukrainian Military has begun After the break, fire, Donetsk, Lugansk, other settlements of the region. Increasing its military presence, " He said.
The situation in the Donbass very quickly escalated in January, then as the Ukrainian Military, taking advantage of the truce and building up forces in the South-East of the country, began to storm the position of the militia, starting With. the General staff of Ukraine said that " the Ukrainian army has enough personnel and equipment to deal the final blow ". While the chief of staff Viktor Murzenko, despite the many times heard before the attacks against the capital of Russia, admitted that the departments of the Russian army within the country there.
After a sharp increase in the number of victims among the civilian population militia told about what to protect yourself shelling of residential areas.
One of the most hot spots of conflict between the security forces and militias in the Donbass was Debaltsevo, the area in which the environment gets larger grouping of the Ukrainian military. See the Last photo service covers newsworthy news