Putin reveals Crimea takeover talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea – the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March.

In a trailer for an upcoming documentary, shown on state-owned television last night, Mr Putin said he met with security officials last February to make plans for saving Ukraine’s then-president Viktor Yanukovych, who fled power after months of pro-European protests in the Ukrainian capital.