Russia had no other option than to launch a military operation in Ukraine – President Putin

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had no other option than to launch a military operation in Ukraine to prevent the atrocities that were being inflicted on the people of Donbas.The president said that Moscow cannot ignore the problems of Russian speakers in the Kremlin meeting with the country’s investors.Even though westerners always preach that democracy should be developed and elections should be held, they have also stated that coup d’état and bloodshed war are causing.Putin has called Kyiv’s act “genocide”, citing the failure of Ukraine’s Minsk agreements and the attack on Russian speakers’ rights.RT reported that Ukraine has asked to stop its trend of merging with NATO and become a neutral country and to recognize Crimea and four other former Russian territories as Russia’s.