The Russian TASS agency quoted the harsh words with which Maria Zakharova reacted to the earlier statement of British politician John Healey during his visit to Kiev. When asked which politician he would be willing to “kidnap”, as the Americans captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the British defense minister said it would be Vladimir Putin. In his opinion, if the Russian leader were arrested, he could finally be held accountable for war crimes.
The spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not mince words when commenting on these reports. “Wet fantasies of British perverts,” she told journalists in Moscow, quoted by TASS.
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Healey on Putin: he is a man who must be stopped
John Healey was in Ukraine on January 9. He appeared, among others, at the site of the latest deadly drone attack on a residential skyscraper in Kiev. He mentioned war crimes in Bucha, as well as the kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russians. It is in connection with, among others, With these facts, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin in March 2023.
According to the Kyiv Independent, the British politician, pointing to the building damaged by the drone, said that “it says everything you need to know about President Putin and his determination not only to wage war with Ukraine, but also to attack civilians, cities and infrastructure on which people absolutely depend in the middle of winter.” When asked about the possibility of kidnapping any world leader, he said he would stop Putin. – This is a man who must be stopped. This is a war that must be stopped, he said.
John Healey also met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and announced that the UK would allocate £200 million to prepare its troops for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
