Brazilian football legend, Pele has urged President Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Pele made the call on Instagram, ahead of Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup playoff semi-final against Scotland.
He told Putin that “there is absolutely no justification for this continued violence.”
Pele added: “This conflict is wicked, unjustifiable and brings nothing but pain, fear, terror and anguish.”
The former professional footballer also told Putin that “there’s no ideology that justifies projectile missiles burying the dreams of children, ruining families and killing the innocent.”
He recalled a meeting with Putin in 2017 and added: “The power to stop this conflict is in your hands. The same ones I shook in Moscow, at our last meeting in 2017.”
Read Pele’s full statement below.
Portable has been arraigned and remanded in custody at a federal high court in Ota, Ogun State, on multiple...
Ace Nigerian music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, who was visually impaired from birth has revealed that bullies almost made him...
English Premier League club, Wolverhampton Wanderers have submitted a €20 million bid for Getafe’s Nigerian midfielder, Christantus Uche, as...