Blinken compares situation in Mariupol with siege of Leningrad

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken drew an analogy between the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II and what the Kremlin is currently doing to the city of Mariupol in Ukraine.

The state secretary wrote this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

“Every Russian has learned about the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. Sadly, history has repeated itself—but now it’s the Russian government cruelly starving Ukrainian cities,” he wrote.

As Ukrinform reported, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in constant contact with official Kyiv. In particular, the day before, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the parties discussed further steps to increase pressure on Russia to bring it to justice for its aggression against Ukraine.

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