In 2013, Putin smiles and calls the possible introduction of troops into Ukraine “nonsense.”

Ukrainian journalists and social media users are actively disseminating Vladimir Putin’s statement on the introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine, voiced by the president on December 19 last year during his final press conference in Moscow.
Then Putin directly said that the possibility of sending troops into Ukraine was “nonsense and nonsense.” Such an ambiguous statement was made by Putin in response to a question from Los Angeles Times journalist Sergei Loiko, who addressed the Russian President in Ukrainian during a press conference. In view of the beginning of the actual intervention of Russian troops in Ukraine, Korrespondent.net recalls Putin’s resonant statement, citing the full text of both the journalist’s question and Vladimir Putin’s answer.