Putin to the West: 'If I wanted to, I could take Kyiv in 2 weeks'
September 02, 2014  22:57
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly boasted that his country's forces could conquer the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in two weeks if he were to order such an offensive.

Putin made the remarks last Friday in a phone conversation with Jose Manuel Barroso, the outgoing president of the European Commission, Italy's La Repubblica newspaper reported.

"If I want to, I can take Kyiv in two weeks,' the paper quoted Putin as saying.
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