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Duterte sharply criticizes Putin for the first time - "I only kill criminals, no children and the elderly"

2022-05-25T04:02:10.823Z


Duterte sharply criticizes Putin for the first time - "I only kill criminals, no children and the elderly" Created: 05/25/2022, 05:49 am By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte surprisingly shot at Russian ruler Vladimir Putin because of his war of aggression in Ukraine (archive photo). © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Imago The Ukraine war is now also leading to criticism among Put


Duterte sharply criticizes Putin for the first time - "I only kill criminals, no children and the elderly"

Created: 05/25/2022, 05:49 am

By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte surprisingly shot at Russian ruler Vladimir Putin because of his war of aggression in Ukraine (archive photo).

© Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Imago

The Ukraine war is now also leading to criticism among Putin's friends.

Philippine President Duterte reprimanded the Kremlin chief for the war of aggression.

Munich/Manila - In the Ukraine conflict, the violent clashes between the Ukrainian military and the troops of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin never end.

Attacks in eastern Donbass, where Ukraine says Russia is trying to "eliminate all living things," are spreading.

This map shows where the Ukraine war is raging.

So far, the invasion of Ukraine has been severely criticized and condemned, especially in the West.

On the other hand, there was no criticism from Putin's circle of friends among the heads of state.

But now surprising tones came from an unexpected person: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

He contradicted the Russian representation that the war in Ukraine was purely a "military special operation".

Ukraine-Russia war: Putin's attack comes under Duterte's criticism - "Control your soldiers, they run amok"

Outgoing Philippine President Duterte publicly criticized the Russian leader for the first time in a televised cabinet meeting.

The background is the war in Ukraine.

Duterte was quoted by the Associated Press (AP)

as saying that although he was not seeking a personal condemnation of Putin, this was by no means a “military special operation” but a “full-scale war against a sovereign nation”

.

He also contradicted the way the Russian military was fighting the war in Ukraine.

Duterte called on Russia to stop attacks on civilian areas and allow the evacuation of innocent civilians.

Here the Philippine head of state saw the Kremlin chief as personally responsible and appealed to him in clear words: "You are in control of everything.

You started the riot there, so keep tight control over your soldiers as well.” Russian troops would “run amok,” Duterte said, according to the

AP

.

Ukraine-Russia war: Duterte lashes out at Putin and highlights difference - 'I only kill criminals'

At the cabinet meeting, he also commented on the comparisons between himself and Putin.

Duterte himself has been criticized for his brutal actions in the fight against drugs with thousands of victims.

Although both he and Putin have been labeled "murderers," they are "in two different worlds," he said, while acknowledging that he actually kills.

However, there is a difference: “I've been telling you Filipinos for a long time, I really kill.

But I kill criminals, I don't kill children and the elderly."

Duterte also expressed concern about the stability of his country's oil supplies.

"I'm at the exit and I don't know how to solve the problem," he said, according to the

AP

.

In order to be able to talk about a return to normality, a solution to the war between Ukraine and Russia must first be found, he emphasized.

Duterte criticizes "idol" and "friend" Putin - Outgoing head of state with controversial drug fight

Duterte's sudden turn towards Putin in the background of the Ukraine war may have surprised many, because the head of state, whose six-year term in office will end on June 30, had previously characterized Putin as an "idol" and "friend" and was considered a close ally of Moscow.

The incumbent Philippine president faces international investigations into his deadly "war on drugs."

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Between July 2016 and March 2019, between July 2016 and March 2019, between 12,000 and 30,000 people died as a result of Duterte's violent actions, according to a report by the British newspaper

The Guardian

, citing the International Criminal Court.

The head of state, on the other hand, is convinced of his actions in the fight against drugs.

"Kill me, throw me in jail, I still won't apologize," he was quoted as saying by the

Reuters

news agency in a speech in early January 2022.

(bb)

Source: merkur

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