Putin ‘deliberately targeted’ train with former UK PM | Lord Ricketts
Frontline: The War in Ukraine and Global SecurityShow Notes
“They were certainly deliberately targeting to kill the people, to destroy the train, or at the very least to send a very intimidating signal that it is dangerous for Western VIPs to go into Ukraine.”
Russia tries to “choke off” constant Western visits to Ukraine by targeting Boris Johnson’s rail route to Poland, says Lord Ricketts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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