President Vladimir Putin said today (August 29, 2014) Russia's armed forces -- backed by its nuclear arsenal -- were ready to meet any aggression, declaring at a pro-Kremlin youth camp that foreign states should understand: "It's best not to mess with us," the Reuters website reports.
Putin told the assembly on the banks of a lake near Moscow that the Russian takeover of Crimea was essential to save a largely Russian-speaking population from Ukrainian government violence.
Ukraine and Western governments accuse Russia of sending troops and armor into Ukraine to back the separatists in a conflict that has already killed over 2,000 people. Russia denies the charge.
"Russia is far from being involved in any large-scale conflicts," he said at the camp on the banks of Lake Seliger. "We don't want that and don't plan on it. But naturally, we should always be ready to repel any aggression towards Russia."
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