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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

US ambassador to the UN says Russia has ‘nothing to celebrate’ on Victory Day

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The US ambassador to the United Nations told CNN that as Russia prepared to celebrate its national Victory Day holiday, Moscow has “nothing to celebrate”, highlighting the scores of losses the nation has suffered in recent weeks in its ongoing war with Ukraine.

While hosting his CNN Sunday morning show, State of the Union, host Jake Tapper asked his guest Linda Thomas-Greenfield for her views on Russia preparing to celebrate Victory Day, one of the largest celebrations in the country, amid a military invasion that was initially sold to the country as a quick operation but has now stretched on for nearly three months.

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