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Ukraine Russia Conflict: British defence minister slams Putin over Victory day

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 9, 2022 14:15 IST

British defence minister Ben Wallace on Monday said Putin’s war in Ukraine dishonours Russia.In a speech in London ...

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British defence minister Ben Wallace on Monday said Putin’s war in Ukraine dishonours Russia.

In a speech in London on Monday, Mr Wallace said: “Really what president Putin wants is the Russian people and the world to be awed and intimidated by the ongoing memorial to militarism.

“I believe the ongoing und unprovoked conflict in Ukraine does nothing but dishonour those same soldiers" he added.

Meanwhile, Russia on 24th February launched its invasion of Ukraine. And, according to the latest updates, Ukraine will prevail over Russia as freedom prevailed over the Nazi dictatorship in 1945, Scholz said in a TV address to mark the 77th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed that 60 people who were sheltering in a school in Bilohorivka were killed when Russian forces bombed it this weekend. 

However, More than 170 civilians were successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and have arrived in Zaporizhzhia. Officials said that more than 600 people have been evacuated from Azovstal and Mariupol in total. Also, US president Joe Biden and other G7 leaders held a video call with Zelenskiy in a show of unity ahead of Russia’s Victory Day celebrations. The G7 said it was committed to phasing out or banning Russian oil and denounced Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. 

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