(Moscow) Emperor Putin's surreptitious ambition to expand the Russian Empire at the expense of the neighbours received a huge publicity fail today when the Ukraine paraded 10 Russian paratroopers it had captured 13 miles inside its territory.
Reading from a script, the Russian defence ministry quoted the following:
So, the excuse given by Putin is that these soldiers didn't have a map. Yeah, right, just like that missile which took down that Malaysian airliner, there is no story here, so let's move on.
Reading from a script, the Russian defence ministry quoted the following:
"The soldiers really did participate in a patrol of a section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, crossed it by accident on an unmarked section, and as far as we understand showed no resistance to the armed forces of Ukraine when they were detained."
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So, the excuse given by Putin is that these soldiers didn't have a map. Yeah, right, just like that missile which took down that Malaysian airliner, there is no story here, so let's move on.