Putin blames West for Ukraine war
- Vladimir Putin has addressed the Brics summit in South Africa via video-link - he didn't travel due to risk of arrest
- He again blamed the West for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, saying they stoked a coup d'etat in Ukraine in 2014
- His address came hours after three people were killed by drone strikes in Belgorod near the Ukrainian border
- Moscow was also attacked by drones overnight, with one skyscraper damaged
- Meanwhile, Gen Sergei Surovikin - who was previously in charge of Russia's forces in Ukraine - has been sacked from his latest role
- Surovikin - nicknamed "General Armageddon" - hasn't been seen in public since the Wagner rebellion in June.
President Putin now claims some countries "promote colonialism" which led to a "dire crisis" in Ukraine.
He says Russia's actions in Ukraine are in response to a war "unleashed" by the West.
He says their "aspiration" to "preserve their hegemony in the world", led to a coup d'etat in Ukraine (in 2014).
"Russia decided to support people that fight for their culture, for their traditions, for their language, and for their future," he claims.
He says Russia's actions in Ukraine are desigined to put "put an end to the war that was unleashed by the West against people in Donbas [in eastern Ukraine]".
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