John Healey\u2019s comments have come in the wake of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro<\/p>\n
UK Defense Secretary John Healey has said he would kidnap Russian President Vladimir Putin if given a choice out of all world leaders. The British official was answering a question from the Kiev Independent during a visit to the Ukrainian capital on Friday.
\nHis comments came a week after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a military raid on the oil-rich South American country. Maduro had previously warned that Washington wanted a regime change and to get its hands on Venezuelan resources.
\nThe US actions drew strong condemnation from BRICS nations, including Russia, India, China, and Brazil, but also prompted a string of calls from Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky to adopt similar tactics against Moscow.
\nThe Kiev Independent asked Healey what he would do \u201cgiven the option of being able to kidnap any world leader.\u201d The secretary said he would \u201ctake Putin into custody\u201d while accusing the Russian president of \u201cwar crimes,\u201d including the \u201ckidnapping\u201d of Ukrainian children \u2013 something that Russian negotiators publicly denied during talks in Istanbul last year.<\/p>\n
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London has previously emerged as one of Kiev\u2019s key backers in its conflict with Moscow. In December, the British chief of defense staff urged the nation to be ready to switch to a wartime mindset in the event of hostilities with Russia.
\nZelensky commented on the American raid by saying that \u201cthe United States knows what to do next\u201d in a thinly veiled hint at Putin\u2019s kidnapping. US President Donald Trump then dismissed the idea, saying it would be unnecessary when asked by journalists.
\nUkraine\u2019s leader then openly called on Washington to kidnap the head of Russia\u2019s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. He quickly shot back, telling Zelensky to \u201cman up\u201d and try it himself.
\nMoscow has denounced the abduction of Maduro as a gross violation of Venezuelan sovereignty. The Russian envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, described the US raid as \u201cbanditry\u201d pushing the world toward \u201cchaos and lawlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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