A Welsh Labour election candidate is under investigation after a message from his Twitter account described President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as a “fascist”.
Ziad Alsayed is standing for both the Vale of Glamorgan Council and Barry Town Council in the Baruc ward at next month’s local government elections. In response to a tweet from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that expressed solidarity with Ukraine following the country’s invasion by Russia by lighting up pictures of the UK capital in yellow and blue, Mr Alsayed’s account tweeted: “If you mean the Ukrainian people that’s OK, but not the fascist president”.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has sought to justify the invasion by claiming that Ukraine is run by “Nazis” and that the country needs to be “deNazified”. See all our stories on Welsh politics here.
