Josep Borrell, diplomatic spokesman for the European Union accused Vladimir Putin of behaving “like the Nazis”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who claimed to be carrying out a military offensive against Ukraine to “denazify” this country, “behaves like the Nazis”, accused Peter Stano, spokesman for the head of EU diplomacy, on Friday. Joseph Borrell.
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Vladimir Putin says that he “wants to prevent a genocide (against the Russian speakers of eastern Ukraine, editor’s note), which is total nonsense, because he is about to commit one” against the Ukrainians, added this spokesperson who was speaking in Brussels during the daily press briefing of the European executive. “Basically, he wants to destroy Ukraine. He wants to inflict damage and suffering on the Ukrainian people. It’s totally inhumane,” he said.
Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine of having a “neo-Nazi” regime, backed by the West, to exterminate Russian speakers in Donbass, when he announced the recognition of the two separatist territories in the east of the country. The spokesman recalled that the EU warned the Kremlin that it should be “accountable” for its massive attack on Ukraine and stressed that “there can be no impunity”. “Recent history has shown that anyone who has participated in war crimes ends up being brought to justice,” he said.
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