Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a rally-concert in Luzhniki dedicated to the reunification of Crimea with RussiaMOSCOW, 18 Mar. Residents of Donbass, who did not agree with the coup d'etat in Ukraine, were subjected to genocide, the purpose of the Russian military operation is to save people from this suffering, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. «People who lived in Donbass did not agree with this a coup d'état (in Ukraine — ed.). Punitive military operations were immediately organized against them … they were immediately placed in a blockade, subjected to systematic shelling from cannons, air strikes. This is all what is called genocide. Precisely to save people from this suffering, from this genocide is the main reason, motive and purpose of the military operation that we launched in the Donbass and Ukraine,» Putin said during a rally-concert in honor of the annexation 
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