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'Gang of Drug Addicts, Neo-Nazis': Putin Calls on Ukraine Army to Overthrow Leadership in Kyiv

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Last Updated: February 25, 2022, 20:57 IST

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference following talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow, Russia February 1, 2022. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference following talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow, Russia February 1, 2022. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via REUTERS

Addressing the Ukrainian military in a televised address, he urged them to 'take power in your own hands.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the Ukrainian army to overthrow the country’s leadership whom he described as “terrorists" and “a gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis". Addressing the Ukrainian military in a televised address, he urged them to “take power in your own hands."

“It seems like it will be easier for us to agree with you than this gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis," he said, referring to leadership in Kyiv led by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is Jewish.

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first published:February 25, 2022, 20:43 IST
last updated:February 25, 2022, 20:57 IST