Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called Ukrainian authorities a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis”. On the second day of conflict, the president made a statement in which he urged the Russian army to ‘take power in Kiev’, the capital of Ukraine, in addition to saying that he is fighting ‘terrorists’ and ‘neo-Nazis’ in the neighboring country. “Take the power into your hands. I think it will be easier to negotiate between you and me,” Putin told the Ukrainian army in a speech on Russian television. Putin also declared that he is not fighting army units but nationalist formations...
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