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Moscow, Feb 21 (EFE).- Russia\u2019s president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday used his long-delayed state of the nation address to lambast the West, which he accused of starting the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Kremlin leader\u2019s first state of the nation address since April 2021 came just days before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and one day after United State president Joe Biden\u2019s highly symbolic visit to Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWestern elites\u201d and the Kyiv government were responsible for starting the war in Ukraine and Russia was obliged to use force to stop it, Putin, 70, claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He added that Russia would accomplish its objectives \u201cstep by step\u201d and framed the Ukraine conflict as an existential threat to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cA year ago, with the aim of protecting people in our historic lands, to ensure the security of our country, to eliminate the threat of the neo-Nazi regime that emerged in Ukraine following the 2014 coup, a decision was made to launch a special military operation,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He said Russia had tried to resolve the situation peacefully and accused Western governments of lying.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A woman watches Russian President Vladimir Putin address to the Federal Assembly, at her home in Moscow, Russia, 21 February 2023. EFE\/EPA\/SERGEI ILNITSKY<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


\u201cI want to emphasize that even before the special military operation, Kyiv was negotiating the supply of air defense systems, fighter jets and other heavy equipment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Putin warned that Russia would be forced to push Ukraine back further with respect to the increasingly long-range missile supplies coming from Kyiv\u2019s Western allies, who want to escalate the war into a global conflict, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He claimed Ukraine has become hostage to its Western \u201cmasters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The long-serving president also took swipes at Western values, including gay rights, and thanked Russian soldiers for their service in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A number of Russian soldiers and military officials sat in the audience of the state of the nation address alongside senior members of the government, lawmakers and religious leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The invasion of Ukraine \u2013 referred to by Russian officials as a special military operation \u2013 began in the early hours of February 24, 2022, shortly after Putin recognized the self-proclaimed sovereignty of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine\u2019s east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As he delivered his speech Tuesday, the United Nations published a new report stating that at least 8,006 civilians have been killed in the war in the last year.
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