[HIGHLIGHTS] Putin: Russia has never separated Russians and Ukrainians

Putin: Russia has never separated Russians and Ukrainians. He said this during a trip to Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil.

Earlier, Putin said that the only thing one can regret is that Russia did not begin active actions in Ukraine earlier. He recalled that after the Great Patriotic War, some of the nationalist and Nazi elements who collaborated with Hitler fled abroad. “They fled to the States, to Canada, and our enemy placed their bets on them,” he said.