Putin calls on Ukrainian military to seize power to better negotiate with Russia

In a video address, Putin called the Ukrainian Government 'a gang of neo-nazis and drug addicts'

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the Ukrainian military to seize power in order to better negotiate with Russia. 

In a video address, Mr Putin called the Ukrainian Government a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis who have has lodged itself in Kyiv and taken hostage the entire Ukrainian people.”