18 Mar 2014 15:56

West crossed the line in situation with Ukraine - Putin

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The West crossed all possible lines in the situation with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"Everything has its limits, and our Western partners crossed the line in the situation with Ukraine, they were rude, irresponsible, and unprofessional," Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly.

Our western partners knew very well that millions of Russian people live in Ukraine and Crimea.

"They have totally lost their political intuition and sense of measure and they did not predict all the consequences of their actions. Russia was in a situation where it couldn't go back," Putin said.

"If you press a spring really hard, it will spring back really hard. You should always remember that," he said.