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“To ‘freeze’ the war is to get a new DPRK with millions of hostages. We need weapons. We must liberate our people,” Podolyak said.
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He was reacting to recent calls from international commentators, including the wife of the Irish president, for there to be a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Podolyak said the Russian occupation of southern Ukraine has been marked by mass arrests and torture.
“What does the ru-occupation of southern Ukraine look like?” Podolyak wrote.
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“Filtration concentration camps. Mass arrests and torture. Limited supplies of products. No rights and freedoms.”
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