In Brief: President Putin’s Address to the United Nations in Top 10 Quotes (Video)

8. Solving Ukraine’s crisis

Putin said that Ukraine, like other post-Soviet countries was forced to choose between East and West, which led to its civil war after the 2014 coup. He called the full implementation of the February 2015 Minsk agreements the sole way to resolve the issue.

“It is impossible to ensure integrity of Ukraine by threats or by use of force. But it has to be done. A real consideration of interests and rights of people in Donbas is needed, respect of their choice, coordination with them of key elements of the political system of the state, as stipulated by the Minsk agreements.”