US says Putin’s claim of defensive war ‘patently absurd’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States has said that President Vladimir Putin was “absurd” and insulting history by casting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a defensive operation on the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
“To call this a defensive action is patently absurd,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. “It is an insult to those who have lost their lives and those who have fallen victim to this senseless oppression.”
Putin said the other day that Russia undertook the operation in Ukraine to prevent incursion into its own territory and that it was the only right decision.
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