President Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge patriotic rally Friday at a Moscow stadium on the eighth anniversary of the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
Putin, speaking to a crowd of more than 200,000 in and around Luzhniki Stadium, praised the Russian military for its actions in Ukraine.
Putin also said Russia's invasion was necessary to prevent"genocide," a claim that global leaders have rejected as false. Some people, including presenters at the event, wore T-shirts or jackets with a"Z" — a symbol seen on Russian tanks and military vehicles in Ukraine and embraced by supporters of the war.
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