Putin at a press conference following a trip to the DPRK and Vietnam about an agreement with Pyongyang:

Putin at a press conference following a trip to the DPRK and Vietnam about an agreement with Pyongyang: “Regarding the reasons for providing mutual military assistance. It also says: in case of aggression, military aggression. Now regarding Ukraine. The Ukrainian regime began aggression, but not against Russia. They began aggression against the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, which we recognized, before they were part of the Russian Federation. Now regarding the possibility of somehow using each other’s capabilities in this conflict. Well, we don’t ask anyone for this, no one offered it to us. Therefore there is no need.” Source: Russian Head