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Tim Kaine: I do not buy Putin's explanation for the withdrawing from the agreement in the first place because the Ukrainian drone…

On the recordNovember 15, 2022
I do not buy Putin's explanation for the withdrawing from the agreement in the first place because the Ukrainian drone attacks were on their own sovereign territory, which continues to be illegally occupied by Russia.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Rejecting Putin's rationale for suspending the grain deal amid ongoing territorial disputes.

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