Metro

October 5, 2023

Russia kills 48 in Ukraine; we want to create new world order — Putin

Russia kills 48 in Ukraine; we want to create new world order — Putin

This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that a Russian strike on a grocery store in the eastern Ukraine region of Kharkiv had killed dozens of people.

“The brutal Russian crime of hitting an ordinary grocery store with a rocket is a completely deliberate terrorist attack.

“So far, more than 48 people have been reported dead,” Zelensky said in a statement on social media.

Putin

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s mission is to create a “new world”.

He said this on Thursday, blaming Western hegemony for his almost 20-month offensive in Ukraine.

“We are tasked, essentially, with building a new world,” Putin said during the Valdai political forum in Russia.

Putin added that the West was aiming for global “hegemony”.

AFP