As Russia unleashes war in Ukraine, world leaders condemn attack
by Kate Linthicum, Henry Chu and David Pierson, Los Angeles Times
Feb 24, 2022
3 minutes
LONDON — As explosions battered Ukraine on Thursday, grim-faced world leaders decried Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch an unprovoked military invasion on a continent that many thought had long ago shaken off the scourge of war.
“President Putin of Russia has unleashed war in our European continent,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a somber video address. “Innumerable missiles and bombs have been raining down on an entirely innocent population.”
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