Comment from Putin's press conference today:
Putin says it was Kiev that sent troops to east Ukraine. But Igor Girkin says it was he that brought them to Slovyansk. Confusing
Girkin has twice in two different released interviews fully admitted he is a FSB officer and took his SF team into the Ukraine to start the "separatist movement".
And yet Putin in his altered state of reality denies Russian troops and equipment are in eastern Ukraine.
Here comes more altered reality statements and he has not come off of his key geo political goals---not one mm off them-even in the face of a crashing economy---ruble starts slipping now in his speech as the markets see no reality being recognized by Putin---and yet Kerry sees what?
#Putin on #Ukraine: The crisis has to be solved soon, by diplomatic means. We have to respect people's self-determination
#Putin doesn't back off on #Ukraine. Says after "restoring the space" in the East it's unclear where that territory will belong. Poor Lavrov
#Putin says #Ukraine's forces are 'occupying' Donetsk airport and other areas of #Ukraine-----he seems to forget that all of the Ukraine is the Ukraine so how does the government of Ukraine occupy it's own territory?
Notice that yet while he sidesteps using the term "New Russia" he has not let go of "federalization"---it is still a smoke screen it is all about New Russia.
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