Putin knows... he has closed the Odessa ports... with malice aforethought, with a black and abandoned heart.
Jim Risch: “Putin knows... he has closed the Odessa ports... with malice aforethought, with a black and abandoned heart.”
On the recordJuly 19, 2022
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Risch accuses Putin of intentionally causing starvation by closing ports.
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