# Top Russian lawmaker says Western countries must acknowledge Ukraine’s occupation

https://mins.news/en/item/96010

- TASS, 2026-10-12 07:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2200693

> State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said countries proposing solutions to the Ukraine conflict must recognize that the UK, Germany and France occupy Ukraine. He also described Ukraine as a “giant concentration camp” led by Vladimir Zelensky and the so-called coalition of the willing, and accused London, Berlin, Paris and Warsaw of backing the 2014 coup.

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