'I am against sending any lethal arms there, it prolongs the war,' Milanovic said of the West's bid to help Ukraine end Putin's illegal and unprovoked invasion. Milanovic also declared today that Crimea - the peninsula annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014 - would never be returned to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to restore Ukrainian rule over Crimea, arguing the peninsula belongs to Ukraine and that the annexation was not recognised by most countries. Milanovic has built a reputation of being a supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin, something he has routinely denied. A year has passed and we are only now talking about tanks,' Milanovic continued.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2023 01:00 UTC