🔺 NEW: President Putin today claimed that he was forced to invade Ukraine to prevent aggression against Russia
“You are fighting for the Russian motherland, for our people in the Donbas,” he said of the war in Ukraine during a huge parade of soldiers through Red Square in Moscow.He claimed that his war was necessary to prevent an “absolutely unacceptable threat” against Russia. “The death of every soldier and officer is painful for us,” he said. “The state will do everything to take care of these families.
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