"I invited to Kremlin heads of our intelligence services, the defence ministry, and set a task to save the life of Ukraine’s president; otherwise he would have been killed," Putin said in a film called Way to Motherland, which Rossiya 1 television channel broadcasted on Sunday.
"Our services of radio location actually began following up his cortege, and every time he got connected on the phone, they fixed his location," Putin said commenting on evacuation of President Yanukovich.
"There were big-calibre machine-guns - not to waste time. We were about to take him right from Donetsk: by land, or see or air. This was between the 22nd and the 23rd," the Russian president said.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/782836
15/3/15
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Russia deployed Bastion antimissile systems in Crimea — Putin...
ReplyDeleteCoastal antimissile systems Bastion were deployed to protect Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted in an interview with the authors of the documentary Crimea. The Path to the Motherland that was aired by Russia’s television channel Rossiya 1 on Sunday.
"The Bastion antimissile systems are high precision weapons. At a certain point, we deployed the Bastion systems in such a way that they were seen perfectly well from outer space," the Russian president noted.
"It cannot be done at a decision of anyone but the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Bastion systems are defensive systems that protect the coastline, protect territories. They are believed to be the most efficient coastal systems in the world as of today. So, at a certain point, we deployed these coastal systems Bastion to make it clear that Crimea was under safe protection," Putin underscored.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/782847
16/3/15