You are NOT quoting his actual words. You are quoting “what you think that he meant to say, according to what we believe he meant to say.”
QUOTE HIS EXACT WORDS.
“If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will without doubt use all available means to protect Russia and our people - this is not a bluff,” Putin said in a televised address to the nation.
####### Annexation vote was 3 weeks later. Putin has declared these territories part of Russia.