Ukraine: Putin realizes ‘there can be no military solution,’ Khodorkovsky says
01 April 2022 |
10:54 am
Exiled Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says Russian President Vladimir Putin "is stuck" in Ukraine and has only two options going forward.
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