Russia and Ukraine: Putin takes a mass bath in a Moscow stadium and assures that they will comply with their invasion plans

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Eight years following Russian troops seized the southern Ukraine region of Crimea, Vladimir Putin celebrated the anniversary with thousands of people at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.

According officials Russians, more than 200,000 people gathered in the stadium, although this information might not be independently confirmed. The official capacity of the stadium is 81,000 people, but there were also people outside.

State employees assured that they had been told to participate in the celebrations this Friday. In the schools, teachers they gave lessons on the “Crimean Spring”.

Addressing the crowd, President Putin praised his country’s armed forces, saying they had shown Russian unity: “When they need to, they protect each other from bullets using their bodies, like brothers. We hadn’t had such a unit in a long time”.

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