Zelenkyy comments on Navalny's death, saying Putin killed an opposition activist
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Zelenkyy comments on Navalny's death, saying Putin killed an opposition activist

Volodymyr Zelenskyi
Zelenskyy

The Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy thinks that Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny was killed by the dictator Vladimir Putin.

Zelenskyy said that Putin killed Navalny

The head of state made a statement in this regard during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Putin always kills. It is a war in itself. It will not stop; it can only be stopped with cooperation. It just became known that Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison. Obviously, he was killed by Putin, like thousands of those tortured and tortured because of this one being. He doesn't care who dies to keep his position.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

According to the Ukrainian leader, the Russian dictator must lose and lose everything, as well as answer for his crimes.

What is known about Navalny's death

On February 16, the Russian Federal Department of Corrections announced the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in correctional colony No. 3 of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District of the Russian Federation.

After a walk, Navalny felt unwell and almost immediately lost consciousness, reports the regional in the region. Doctors of the emergency medical service confirmed the death of the convict, the statement says.

Many Russian opposition forces claim it was an assassination ordered by the Kremlin.

Alexei Navalny's lawyer, Leonid Solovyov, also made a statement:

According to the decision of the family of Oleksiy Navalny, I do not comment on anything at all. Now we are trying to find out [all details]. Alexei had a [meeting with his] lawyer on Wednesday. Everything was fine then.

The oppositionist's family also refuses to comment and does not confirm his death.

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