Ukraine war briefing: US and most EU countries to boycott Putin swearing-in ceremony
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US spokesperson says no envoy will attend because Russian president’s election was not ‘free and fair’. What we know on day 804The US and most EU nations will boycott a Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by Kyiv. “No, we will not have a representative at his inauguration,” Matthew Miller, a US state department spokesperson, said. “We certainly did not...

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