Vladimir Putin interrupts Russian television during a large rally in Moscow in the middle of the speech

The Russian state television interrupted President Vladimir Putin in the middle of the sentence when he spoke on Friday as part of the annual day of the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea in front of tens of thousands of flag -swivel supporters in the Moscow football stadium.

When the Russian guide turned to the crowd, the state television switched and showed a pre -recorded clip of musicians who play patriotic music.

Putin was interrupted in the middle of the sentence when he said: "Coincidentally, the start of the operation happened to come together with the birthday of one of our outstanding military ...".

The misfortune is extremely unusual for the well -oiled and strictly controlled propaganda machine of the Kremlin

dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin, later said that it was due to a “technical error on a server”, and finally the complete speech was broadcast.

Putin, who, for fear of Covid, still spends most of the time to isolate himself, has rarely been seen in public in the past few months, which has triggered speculation about his poor health.

pictures from the concert seemed to show him slightly when he slowly removed from the stage at the end of his speech, the transmission was interrupted when he went down the stairs.

reports in Russian media indicated that thousands of people had come to the Luzhniki Stadium by bus.

State television showed enthusiastic crowds, the "Russia! Russia!" and swing Russian flags.

The event served to support the Russian army in Ukraine and on the occasion of the annexation of the Crimea peninsula in 2014 by a hastily held referendum.

In his speech, Putin congratulated the Crimean residents on the election of Russia and said that the war in Ukraine serves to protect the Russian -speaking population in the east of the country, which has been in a separatist uprising heated by Moscow for eight years.

"to free people from this suffering from this genocide - that was the main reason, the main motive and the goal of military operation that we started in Donbass and in Ukraine."

he added: "We know what we have to do, how to do it and at what costs. And we will achieve all of our plans."

he said that the soldiers who fought in the operation in Ukraine, which were called "Military Special Operation" as "Military Special Operation", had illustrated the unity of Russia.

"They help each other, support each other and protect themselves with their bodies and brothers from balls if necessary. We have not had such unity for a long time," he said.