Bayern Munich legend Markus Babbel has launched a scathing attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia’s invasion of neighbouring country Ukraine (watch it below).
Russia sent shockwaves throughout the world with the hostile attack on Ukraine and US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have imposed severe sanctions.
UEFA has stripped Russia of the rights to hold this season’s Champions League final, with the venue shifting away from Zenit Saint Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena.
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Formula 1 has also cancelled this season’s Russian GP in Sochi -- due to be held on 25th September -- after the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen planned to boycott the race.
Babbel, who played for Liverpool, VfB Stuttgart, Blackburn Rovers and Hamburg, took to Instagram to send his message of “solidarity” to the people of Ukraine.
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Speaking in his video message, the 49-year-old German said his solidarity was also with the “many, many Russian people” who oppose the invasion of Ukraine.
Babbel insisted that Putin is “not normal” for what he has done and branded the Russian leader as a “f*****g d******d.”
“The world is different to last week,” he said. “All of our solidarity for Ukraine is 100 per cent by you.
“It is also solidarity for the many, many Russian people who don’t want to have this war but we have a f*****g d******d on the top.
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“Vladimir Putin is unbelievable. What he is doing is not normal.
“All the best for you guys, stay strong, keep your head up, you are not alone.”
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Babbel added in the caption of his Instagram post: “All my thoughts are with the innocent children, women and men in the Ukraine and the Russian people, which don’t want the war!”
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Boxing legend Vitali Klitschko, who is the mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, has insisted that he is ready to take up arms and defend his home country from the threat of Russia’s invasion.
Dynamo Moscow striker Fyodor Smolov took to Instagram and voiced his opposition to his native homeland’s war with Ukraine.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday night confirmed that 137 people had been killed and 316 had been wounded after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Adnan Riaz