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Gregor Young

Nicola Sturgeon deletes tweet after accusations of 'glorifying' war in Ukraine

Nicola Sturgeon's post was interpreted by some as 'glorifying' the war

NICOLA Sturgeon has deleted a tweet in which she responded to the deaths of 41,170 Russian personnel with a strength emoji and “solidarity” hashtag.

The First Minister reacted to a post from Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence which quoted Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns while celebrating the “total combat losses of the enemy” from the beginning of Russia’s invasion to the current date.

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