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No need yet to send troops to Ukraine: Putin
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) listens to a military advisor while watching combat exercises at the Kirillovsky firing range in the Leningrad region, on March 3, 2014 |
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(Moscow, RUS) - Russia has no need yet to send troops into Ukraine but reserves the right to use "all means" to protect citizens should the necessity arise, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
"We reserve the right to use all means to protect" Russian and Ukrainian citizens in Ukraine, Putin said in comments live on state television, adding there was currently "no need" to send troops into the country.
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