Bondarev blasts ‘aggressive war’ unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin
Flags stand outside the UN building in Geneva, Switzerland. Picture: STEFAN WERMUTH/BLOOMBERG
“I started to imagine this a few years ago, but the scale of this disaster drove me to [resign].” He was referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24. He also criticised Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who has been a staunch defender of Putin’s military operation: “In 18 years, he went from a professional and educated intellectual, whom many of my colleagues held in such high esteem, to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world with nuclear weapons!
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