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Jan
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Putin says Ukraine’s statehood at risk if pattern of war continues

Putin says Ukraine’s statehood at risk if pattern of war continues

WORLD
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine's statehood could suffer an "irreparable blow" if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Putin dismissed "so-called peace formulas" being discussed in the West and Ukraine and what he called the "prohibitive demands" they entailed. "Well, if they don't want (to negotiate), then don't!" he said. "Now it is quite obvious, not only (Ukraine's) counter-offensive failed, but the…
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Mar
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Reactions to ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin citing Ukraine war crimes

Reactions to ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin citing Ukraine war crimes

WORLD
FOLLOWING are reactions to the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. The court also issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, on the same charges. ICC STATEMENT ON THE CHARGE ACCUSING PUTIN "The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian-occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes." KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV Said Russia found the very questions…
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Jan
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Britain’s Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

Britain’s Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

WORLD
FORMER British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine, a charge denied by Moscow. Johnson, speaking to the BBC for a documentary, said the Russian leader had asked him about the prospects of Ukraine joining NATO, to which he had responded it would not be "for the foreseeable future". "He threatened me at one point, and he said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you but, with a missile, it would only take a minute' or something like that.…
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Jul
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Key remarks from Russian President Putin’s annual phone-in

Key remarks from Russian President Putin’s annual phone-in

WORLD
THE following are highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in yesterday.  Putin spoke in Russian. The quotes below were translated into English by Reuters. PUTIN ON GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 "I thought that I needed to be protected as long as possible. So I chose to be vaccinated with Sputnik V. The military is getting vaccinated with Sputnik V, and after all I'm the commander-in-chief. "After the first shot, I didn't feel anything at all. About four hours later, there was some tenderness where I had the shot. I did the second (shot) at midday. At midnight, I measured…
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