Russia accused the West of wanting to inflict a lasting defeat against Moscow and lashed out against EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Kyiv ahead of a Ukraine summit.
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“Is this not racism, not Nazism — not an attempt to solve ‘the Russian question'” Lavrov added, evoking Russia’s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II. In recent weeks, Von der Leyen has said that Europe must prevail in the face of Russia’s aggression and that unprecedented EU sanctions have left its economy facing a “decade of regression”.
Putin was expected in the southern Russian city of Volgograd for grand commemorative events marking Russia’s victory against Nazi Germany during the battle for Stalingrad eight decades ago. “Every criminal who has the audacity to harm Ukraine, especially in the conditions of war, must clearly understand that we will put handcuffs on him,” security services chief Vasyl Maliuk said.
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