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Grace Hase

Ukrainian president calls San Jose for keeping ties with Russian city despite invasion

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After getting blasted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week for maintaining ties with a Russian city that manufactures war rockets, a San Jose City Council member wants the city to reconsider its stance.

But Mayor Sam Liccardo said he has no second thoughts.

“I don’t work for Mr. Zelenskyy,‘’ Liccardo said when asked whether the city should revisit its previous position. He then pointed to a statement in which he said the council’s “anger must be directed against the Russian government, and not against the Russian people.”

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