LONDON — Britain condemns US special envoy Steve Wittkoff Thursday for calling the Russian president Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian”.
In a meeting with the Russian president in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Witkoff said Poutine: “You are also a humanitarian, sir, and I salute you, I congratulate you and I thank you again”, in response to the Kremlin’s release of a retired American professor Stephen Hubbardimprisoned since 2022.
He was asked if London agreed that Poutine is a humanitarian, Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s The spokesperson said: “We certainly don’t recognize that characterization. »
“President Poutine killed thousands of people, both innocent Ukrainians and Russians whom he sent to their deaths on the front lines. It deprives children and the elderly of heat and warmth and systematically targets critical national infrastructure.”
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