Putin expected a welcome in this Ukraine city. Instead he got: ‘Bugger off!’
Protests by Russophones appear to demonstrate that invasion is uniting the country rather than dividing it
02 March 2022 - 19:31
Olga Saminina is the type of person in the type of city Russian President Vladimir Putin might have expected to welcome his mission to rid Ukraine of what he describes as its “fascist” regime. ..
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