The French presidency said Russia will not be invited to events in Normandy on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings because of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
Russia will not be invited to ceremonies in France commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings next week because of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, “which has further intensified in recent weeks,” the French presidency said Thursday.
The Élysée said Russia’s “war of aggression” in Ukraine meant there would be no Russian delegation at the events, whichthat Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be invited to the commemoration in France but that some Russian officials would be in recognition of wartime Soviet sacrifices.
Putin attended the 70th-anniversary commemoration of D-Day in 2014, despite Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine months earlier. When the Russian leader was left off the invite list at the 75th anniversary in 2019, he said it wasIcelandic volcano spews lava in what could be its fiercest eruption
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