Brasilia, Brazil’s great footballer Pel has called on Vladimir Putin to stop Russian attacks on Ukraine. Pel, a 31-year-old cancer patient, made the remarks in the name of Russian President Putin on the same day that Ukraine beat Scotland 2-1 in a World Cup qualifying match. Now Ukraine will face Wales on Sunday.
“Today, Ukraine has been trying to forget the current state of affairs in the country for at least 30 minutes,” Pel said on social media. Getting a place in the World Cup is always difficult, almost impossible because there are so many lives at stake. Stop this violence. This violence can never be justified. “We shook hands and laughed when we last met,” he told Putin.
I never thought there would be such a difference between us as there is today. “It’s up to you to stop this fight,” Pel said. It is in the same hands that I shook with my own hand during our last visit to Moscow in 2014. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the ongoing war in Ukraine has killed more than 2,000 civilians and injured nearly 2,000. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for 6 months.
The outcome of this war is not going to be seen in the coming days. Russian troops are launching attacks in southern and eastern Ukraine. Putin claims that Mariupol is now in his possession. SS2KP
