Viktor Yanukovch said he appeared in Russia thanks to patriotic officers who performed their duty and saved his life.
“I left Kyiv for Kharkiv where I was fired from machine gun. On 22 there were reports about armed people who were arriving in the city. I decided to leave for Lugansk and then moved to Donetsk because of threats and only then to Crimea,” he said during a press conference on Friday.
As to Rostov-on-Don, Yanukovich said he was sheltered by an old friend of his.
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