Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) exchange documents with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko during a signing ceremony in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow October 2, 2008. Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to set a step-by-step, three-year period for Ukraine's transition to purchases of Russian natural gas at market prices, Tymoshenko said. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)Putin: Ukraine Gave Military Aid To Georgia In War With Russia -- Christian Science Monitor
The Russian prime minister called Ukraine's involvement a 'crime,' but still agrees to a gas contract with Kiev.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin charged Ukraine with supplying arms and manpower to Georgia during its recent war with Russia, and said if Ukraine's involvement was proven, it would be a "crime."
Russian news and information agency RIA Novosti reports that Mr. Putin made the accusation Thursday during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to sign a new contract on Russian natural gas exports to Ukraine.
"I don't think there is a graver crime than supplying arms to a conflict zone," Putin told his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, during their meeting at the Russian premier's residence near Moscow.
He also said that he regretted "that Ukraine thought it acceptable to supply weapons to the conflict zone."
Putin also said Moscow had evidence proving that Ukrainian military experts were present in the conflict zone during the five-day war that began when Georgian forces attacked breakaway South Ossetia.
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My Comment: Russia is mad at the Ukrainian Government for supporting Georgia in the last war .... but they still sign a gas agreement. OK .....
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