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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine and West of starting war - BBC News

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for provoking the war with Ukraine, in a State of the Nation address. "Ukraine and Donbas have become a symbol of total lies," Putin said, accusing the West of withdrawing from "fundamental agreements" and giving "hypocritical statements" as well as expanding the Nato defence alliance and "covering us with an umbrella". "I want to repeat: it is them who are culpable for the war, and we are using force to stop it," he said. Putin’s speech came ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews

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@fisher3317last year Blaming the victim is a common behavior of abusers. 1011
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@Brenna_stubbslast year Thank you to the translator who did this it is really hard to translate live and i thank you so much for doing it. 527
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@yesyoucanTellmelast year A muscovite here, even without a vpn, my little brother who' s barely thirteen years of age know what' s wrong with our government. I am so proud of him. 350
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@monkeymagic4555last year The look on near enough all of those faces in the room like. What the hell are you doing you vegetable state maniac! 15
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@hansspiegl8684last year Thank you for broadcasting the original speech - very interesting! 164
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@aleksmartini4last year Those dudes taking note like they going to prepare for exam. 5
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@mannylugz5872last year Audiences made sure they appear to agree and not near any windows. 14
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@radwulfeboraci7504last year Not a single civilian, church, apartment building, school, or hospital on russian soil was hurt in the making of this war. Uncle vladdy. 160
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@Barnacl3_Boilast year Please do something about all of the russian bots in your comments section, bbc! 21
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@69lolast year Bro lives the example of manipulation & gaslight. 244
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast year In the comments to german newspaper die welt, zelensky continued i do see an opportunity for china to make a pragmatic assessment of what is happening h . ...Expand 47
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@samhull8382last year This confrontation has been a long time coming. 12
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@Mary-zm7gtlast year Definitely more going on behind the scenes than we are being lead to believe. 21
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@hankjones3527last year Me: Why does everyone in the crowd look so nervous?
Camera pans back to reveal many high windows.
Me: Oh. 22
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@galaxyorbiterlast year Basically russia had absolutely no choice at all. 18
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@abuanwplast year This is not a speech!
this is how you convince your wife that your new camera will yield better photos for the family after she saw the amazon box in the front door. 61
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@ClementIVlast year The entire audience seems like they could be sitting next to a window in the 10th floor building. 29
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@nictenglast year This guy is amazingly delusional, i think he sincerely believes in his own alternative reality!
let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. How true! 46
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@hanselmansell7555last year His high heels just don' t cut it on that massive stage. 45
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@Eadric_The_Wildlast year He has got to be taking the piss lmao
" the russian cries in pain as he strikes you" 55
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@meathead2676last year These people don' t look worried, but very serious on their. 49
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@anatmoolmuang7965last year The audience doesn' t seem to be overly optimistic, or agree at least.
perhaps they are more concerned with what poison they might get. 4
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@Zeppathylast year It' s hilarious how tiny that massive stage makes him look. 195
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@coldhj5443last year Jesus christ how are the russian bots so fast, god damn. 47
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@copyrightmsklast year Key points from putin' s speech (googlerussia suspends its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty. 2) if the us starts testing its nuclear weapons, then russia will ensure its readiness to test its weapons. 3) many thanks to all participants of the special military operation. Thanks to families, teachers, doctors. 4) the more long-range systems the west supplies, the further russia will be forced to move the front line away from russia' s borders. 5) thanks to the sanctions of the west, many places have been vacated for russian companies, these places should be occupied by russian companies. 6) more benefits for the it sector, including free housing for programmers. 7) support from the state of russia for families with children. Traditional values where mom and dad are. 8) western politicians are trying to rewrite history, but we know the truth. ...Expand 24
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@donnilluminous66613last year Impossible that everyone in that crowd is insane. They look like one of those people who get paid to go to a lecture because nobody wants to go. Look at that happiness. 28
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@h82faillast year Putin: " we. Will settle the tasks we' re facing. "
half the russians in audience visually react to thinkingwe are going to keep doing. 88
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@jasper5201last year Wow hes really pulling out all of the things out of the bag. 105
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast year Former democratic presidential candidate tulsi gabbard warned, there is no way to win a nuclear war. There is only one end and that is a nuclear holocaust. S . ...Expand 7
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@davidholmes2283last year Oh yeah, i remember now. All those nato soldiers and pilots driving those russian tanks and fighter jets over the border of ukraine. He is showing all . ...Expand 58
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@RolandEBlast year Weird vibe from the audience: like they' re waiting to hear what they' re supposed to act like they believe next. 28
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@sumosprojectslast year Audience reminds me of my high school class trying to understand algebra. 107
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@tekheelast year Finally, president putin admits its a war. 26
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@Daxsymbiotelast year Nearly everyone in the crowd looks terrified. 62
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@TheFurthest1last year People sleeping in the audience will be mysteriously despairing in the next few days. 1
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@kjp1232last year The disgust on the faces of some of his own people says it all its in the eyes. 250
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@truetech4158last year He seems to behave like really thinks that the victims float off to a better place, or, he really seems to want you to think that.
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@jsb331last year It' s like picking fights with the us is the only reason he wakes up in the morning. 41
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@gracykn1670last year One who never thinks of the unknown time left before closing the eyes ever crushes peace into pieces. It is, unfortunately, crushing the very peace of his own mind first. 5
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@stucrossland3719last year What a fantastic speech, if only our leaders were this trustworthy. 23
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@astapikssslast year , . 1
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@gastervasrutwara2687last year The posture of the audience is very telling! The dont seem to believe the story! 22
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@potatomatop9326last year Putin: attempts to erase ukraine from existance.
putin: all your fault. 231
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@iHusklast year Putin needs new material. He' s been saying this for like 3/4 of a year now. 54
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@Luca-zq5lolast year The punch line was absolutely brilliant! 18
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@junedrosolamlast year Ha! This only prove that putin is the real comedian! 1
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@Randy_Butternubslast year George santos and this dobby looking thing would be great friends! 1
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@maunasiliandergamba2387last year All of them look like theyre having a bad face day-scary how so many people can look so bad at the same time. 11
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@paulallen3884last year my man in the middle sums up the entire speech 59
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@godsdice473last year The jewish german foreign minister anna baerbock (with failed feminist foreign policy with undoubtedly an excellent trampoline talent) meant with her s " putin must change his policy 360 degrees so that the west submits to his
i agree. ...Expand 4
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@elqord.1118last year Russia always had a good way of dealing with bad apples in their own ranks. I think it' s time they took this one behind the barn. 10
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@seng4christlast year Since he' s the only speaker, he can say anyting he wants to say. Nobody can oppose him. 2
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@Acadian10last year The crowd claps on the spot at the end as they were told to do before they sat down for the speech. 31
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@ascgazz7347last year Zelenskyy started as a comedian and became a powerful president.
putin, however, seems to be plotting the opposite course. 117
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@firstname4865last year You can tell what most people in the audience are thinking. 117
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@danshomron02last year Between 4. 28 and 4. 31, there is an old man resembling nikita kruschev taking a cool nap. Putin' s speech must have been a lullaby to him.
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@karenwoods5206last year He' s utterly deluded. For weeks he sent tanks to the ukraine borders and still denied any wrongdoing. Send in the sas ffs. Ukraine forever. 2
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@semiretired6033last year If you repeat your lies often enough you start believing their true. 6
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@scottkrater2131last year Last time i heard a speech like this, it was in black and white, and i had a difficult time understanding it, since it was it german. 56
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@squirrel3269last year The most of the speech was dedicated to social and economic issues and measures. To increase social support of citizens and military officers. Meanwhile, . ...Expand 19
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@user-zk2hl9ib9ulast year In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, russian troops have destroyed: 386 aircraft, 210 helicopters, 3, 213 unmanned aerial vehicles, . ...Expand 1
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@lawsonporter6810last year Just look at the faces on that audience!
and where putler right hand?
he absolutely fekn insane! 8
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@londoncalling1757last year This is going to be like his defense speech in the haig. 11
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@BarbaraDettorilast year I would love to know what the people in the audience were thinking. 1
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@ring-tone278last year Message keep hearing: west must provide more military aid to ukraine. I dont know why anyone would support this regime with hard-earned taxpayers' money . ...Expand 4
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@GeoffreyDash84last year The faces in the audience says it all. His speech is like his war effort, stagnant. 27
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@lorainer1263last year Dude we dont like bidens takeover either. 4
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@giraffeorganiclast year Putin: " uh oh, they started this war, better throw my oligarchs out the windows now. "
oligarch: " um, where is the logic in that? putin: " just stfu and jump out the goddamn window. ". ...Expand 15
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@eunicedesouza8279last year Something smells if you have to justify your actions by blaming your victims. 94
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@internalpowers3823last year Life in russia right now is amazing! Everything is hunky dory over there. Look at how happy they all are. . 24
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@akylrysgal6242last year As russian poet ivan krylov says in his famous fable the wolf and the lamb: always are the weak at fault before the strong. Sure, its ukraines fault that russia has invaded it. 17
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@terrylucas163last year 80yrs ago. Look what happened. History does repeat itself. 9
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@reinemarais3937last year So very sad. When one looks at the presumably obligatory audience, most of the eyes are stone-dead or looking away. Every now and then, there is a spark . ...Expand 31
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@boogiewoogie9770last year Why do russian' s always have such pained expressions on their faces? 1
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@bryanmoyna9715last year I pity the people who had to listen and translate this load of bs. Thank you for your service. 14
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@williamhayes981last year All we had to do was sanction potato production in russia. 90% of their food industry and 100% of their alcohol manufacturing and distribution would collapsed . ...Expand 1
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@olivervision2111last year Ah, so now puketin wants to escalate the conflict to war status, nothing suspicious about that. Lol. 6
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@Andyground11last year This edit and translation is quite horrible to be frank. A question to everyone: do you only have time for bbc' s 8 minute edit of the speech or do peace < 3. ...Expand 2
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@russbuttypennyblackbladelast year Max blumenthal, a journalist and the editor of the grayzone website, told the crowd thats not our war. Whether in ukraine or the war theyre planning over the straits of tawian, their war is not our war. 3
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@ionnanskilliorus6877last year Mouth of sauron at it again with the lies and projection. 8
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@jon81crowelast year This " he said" " she said" is comical. 3
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@Mnopthgggglast year No doubt, the audience are scared of him. Everyone should because if you doubt his move, you could end up falling from a tall building or long term jail. 33