Grigory Yavlinsky, a Russian opposition politician and founder of Moscow’s last liberal party, is calling for a ceasefire in Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, describing it as a “dead end.”
“I want a ceasefire to happen before thousands and thousands of people are killed,” Yavlinsky told Newsweek in a phone interview from Moscow.
On Tuesday, Ukraine reported that over 1,000 Russians had been killed the day prior, bringing Moscow’s total losses since the start of the invasion to 154,830.
Yavlinsky, 70, the founder of the Yabloko party, has vocalized his opposition to Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine since the conflict began last February.
He has described the war, for his nation, as “akin to a self-imposed nuclear strike.”
The official, who has twice run against Putin in presidential elections, said regardless of so-called “gains and victories,” the war would end with “a heap of corpses” and nobody would ever forgive Putin or Russia.
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