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    Russia's action in Ukraine important response to Western Policies, says Putin




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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Digital Desk: Russian President
    Vladimir Putin said today that Russia's intervention in Ukraine had been
    necessary because the West was "preparing for the invasion of our land,
    including Crimea".



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Speaking at a military
    parade on Monday marking the World War II victory over the Nazis, Putin take
    out parallels between the Red Army’s fighting against Nazi troops and the
    Russian forces’ action in Ukraine. The campaign in Ukraine was a timely and
    necessary move to ward off a potential aggression, he stated. Vladimir Putin
    said that Russia was facing 'absolutely unacceptable threat' in Ukraine. 

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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">He
    also mentioned that Russia's military action in Ukraine is a timely and
    necessary response to Western policies. Putin said, "Everything must be
    done to avoid horror of global war". Putin told thousands of troops
    gathered in Moscow's Red Square that Russian forces in Ukraine were continuing
    the battle against Nazism, but that it had been important "to do
    everything so that the horror of a worldwide war does not happen again."



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">"Defending the
    Motherland when its fate is being decided has always been sacred",
    Vladimir Putin said.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Putin's 11-minute
    speech on day 75 of the invasion offered no assessment of progress within the
    war and gave no indication of how long it would continue.

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