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Putin 'was ready for nuclear alert'
bbc.com President Vladimir Putin has said he was ready to put Russia's nuclear weapons on standby during tensions over the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea. In comments in a documentary aired on state TV on Sunday, Mr Putin said the life of ex-Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych had been in danger. He also said Russians in Crimea were in danger before Russia annexed it. In a previously released clip from the film, he said he ordered the annexation weeks before a referendum was held. Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula. Speaking on the documentary - called The Path To The Motherland - Mr Putin said: "We never thought about severing Crimea from Ukraine until the moment that these events began, the government overthrow". On putting Russia's nuclear weapons into a state of combat readiness, Mr Putin said: "We were ready to do this." "[Crimea] is our historical territory. Russian people live there. They were in danger. We cannot abandon them," he added.
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