WASHINGTON, USA
Senior US senator Lindsey
Graham called for "somebody in Russia" to assassinate President
Vladimir Putin after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in a televised interview
Thursday evening.US Senator Lindsey Graham (left) takes a phone call in the East Room of the White House on March 3, 2022. Right is Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"How does this end? Somebody in Russia has to
step up to the plate... and take this guy out," the senator told
conservative Fox News TV host Sean Hannity.
He repeated the call later in a series of tweets, saying "the only people
who can fix this are the Russian people."
"Is there a Brutus in Russia?" asked the senator, referring to one of
Roman ruler Julius Caesar's assassins.
The former presidential candidate also wondered if
"a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg" existed in the Russian
military, alluding to the German officer whose bomb failed to kill Adolf Hitler
in 1944.
"You would be doing your country -- and the world -- a great
service," he added.
The senator, who has served in congress for over twenty years and has at times
been a close ally to former president Donald Trump, had earlier in the day
introduced a resolution condemning the Russian president and his military
commanders for committing "war crimes" and "crimes against
humanity."
Ukraine says at least 350 civilians have been
killed since Putin launched the invasion last week, and over 1 million have
fled the country.
Moscow claims it does not target civilian areas, despite widespread evidence to
the contrary. - AFP
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