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“The ability is in your palms” Pele sends robust message to Putin to finish the Russia-Ukraine battle
Brazilian soccer legend, Pele has urged President Vladimir Putin to finish Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Pele made the decision on Instagram, forward of Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup playoff semi-final in opposition to Scotland.
He advised Putin that “there’s completely no justification for this continued violence.”
Pele added: “This battle is depraved, unjustifiable and brings nothing however ache, concern, terror and anguish.”
The previous skilled footballer additionally advised Putin that “there’s no ideology that justifies projectile missiles burying the desires of kids, ruining households and killing the harmless.”
He recalled a gathering with Putin in 2017 and added: “The ability to cease this battle is in your palms. The identical ones I shook in Moscow, at our final assembly in 2017.”
Learn Pele’s full assertion beneath.
