“I do not kill children and the elderly”: Philippine Duterte sharply criticizes Putin for the war against Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 24 , May , 2022 | political News.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Retired Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sharply criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin for killing innocent civilians in Ukraine, saying that although they were both identified as murderers, “I kill criminals, I do not kill children and the elderly.” reports AP .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Duterte, who openly calls Putin an idol and friend, for the first time condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a speech Tuesday, accusing a three-month war of soaring world oil prices that has hit many countries, including the Philippines,” the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stressing that he did not condemn the Russian president, Duterte disagreed with Putin’s call of the invasion a “special military operation” and said it was in fact a full-scale war against a “sovereign state”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Addressing Putin “as a friend” and the Russian embassy in Manila, Duterte called on them to stop bombing and artillery shelling of residential areas and allow innocent civilians to evacuate safely before the bombing begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’m leaving and I don’t know how to solve the problem,” Duterte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You have to resolve the war between Ukraine and Russia before we can even talk about returning to normal life,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Duterte, who resigned on June 30, at the end of his tumultuous six-year term, led a brutal fight against drugs that killed more than 6,000 mostly petty suspects, according to the AP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last October, Philippine President Duterte\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0he was withdrawing from politics and refusing to run in the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n