RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has described the mass killing of civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha as 'fake' and praised the 'noble' war in Ukraine during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday.
Putin compared Bucha to the situation in Syria where Russia claimed in 2018 foreign agents had staged the use of chemical weapons.He said: “When it comes to Bucha … it’s the exact same fake as in Syria. What is happening in Ukraine is a tragedy … but they left us no choice.
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