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Putin is addressing the Russian people. Calls the west an "empire of lies" youtube.com/watch?v=T3pYbz
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Says the US has ignored Russia's concerns about security, is offering a deep dive into his history of US-Russia relations
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"Technology changes fast...territory lasts decades?
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"The situation of NATO in the east becomes, for our country, more dangerous each year"
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"We can no longer simply observe what is happening...NATO expanding into Ukraine is unacceptable for us"
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Calls NATO an instrument of the US
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"It's a question of life and death. A question of the historical future of us as a people....of the existence of our state."
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Calls Maidan a coup, brings up the same talking points about genocide in the Donbas
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"A clash between Russia and these forces is inevitable. It is only a matter of time."
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Putin goes on to say that Russia respects the sovereignty of all other former Soviet states, cites Kazakhstan intervention as an example of Russians leaving
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Putin earlier called Ukraine "our historical territory"
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!! Putin says that Russia will accept the L/DNR request for a "special military operation" in Ukraine
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"We will strive for the demilitarization...of Ukraine"
It's 5:45 AM in Moscow
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"All responsibility for the possible bloodletting will be on the conscience of the current Ukrainian regime"
calls on Ukrainian armed forces not to resist
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Now addresses Russian people, and threatens any country listening
"Truth and strength are on our side"
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