If you bothered to click the link instead of writing your stupid response you would see the sources used in the RFE article are such as https://web.archive.org/web/20150416071001/https://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20366

Question: Mr President, a clarification if I may. The people who were blocking the Ukrainian Army units in Crimea were wearing uniforms that strongly resembled the Russian Army uniform. Were those Russian soldiers, Russian military?

Vladimir Putin: Why don’t you take a look at the post-Soviet states. There are many uniforms there that are similar. You can go to a store and buy any kind of uniform.

Question: But were they Russian soldiers or not?

Vladimir Putin: Those were local self-defence units.

Now go back and click to be refresh your so faulty memory.

If you bothered to click the link instead of writing your stupid response you would see the sources used in the RFE article are such as https://web.archive.org/web/20150416071001/https://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20366

Question: Mr President, a clarification if I may. The people who were blocking the Ukrainian Army units in Crimea were wearing uniforms that strongly resembled the Russian Army uniform. Were those Russian soldiers, Russian military?

Vladimir Putin: Why don’t you take a look at the post-Soviet states. There are many uniforms there that are similar. You can go to a store and buy any kind of uniform.

Question: But were they Russian soldiers or not?

Vladimir Putin: Those were local self-defence units.