Albares sees “very decent” that Putin wants to overthrow Ukraine’s “legitimate” government

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, assured this Thursday that he saw “very well” that Russian President Vladimir Putin intended with his attack on Ukraine to overthrow the country’s “legitimate” government. , “democraticly elected”. It was a “very likely possibility,” Albares said, given the scale of the attack was such that “one should expect the worst.” The entry of Russian troops into Kiev had only one goal, “to overthrow the legitimate and democratically elected government.”

Once the aggression is over, he believes that international sanctions against Russia will be “major” and will “deeply damage” the country’s economy. Moreover, his people will see Putin’s “irresponsibility” in waging an “unjust and unjust” war, and sanctions will prevent him from sustaining the war effort over time. Albares considered the attack a “challenge to international legality” and the European order after World War II. On the Spanish side, he said, “we cannot maintain the same relationship” with Russia as long as the invasion of Ukraine continues.

In addition, he explained that there were “fewer” than 200 Spaniards left in Ukraine. When they were all offered to leave the country, “several hundred” wanted to stay because they had dual citizenship or had roots in the country. However, with the country already under attack by Russia and with airports closed, this Thursday a convoy with more than 50 people had left the ground across the border with Poland, and another was due to depart this Friday. (media service)