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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: White House accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’

Joe Biden speaks to reporters before signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 in the Oval Office of the White House May 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on April 7 and will expedite military aide and other resources to Ukraine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Joe Biden speaks to reporters before signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act on Monday. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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The White House has dismissed Monday’s Victory Day speech by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, as “revisionist history” and said his suggestion that western aggression led to the Ukraine war was “patently absurd”.

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