Get you up to speed: Ksenia Sobchak calls for end to Putin’s war in Ukraine amid rising death toll
Ksenia Sobchak, a television presenter and media owner, called for an end to the war in Ukraine in a recent post. She highlighted the ongoing suffering in her country, stating, “For four years, my country has been living in war.” Sobchak, who is known as Vladimir Putin’s goddaughter, has been critical of the conflict despite her usual loyalty to him.
Ksenia Sobchak has called for an end to the war in Ukraine, expressing concern for the “countless thousands” affected by the conflict in a recent social media post. She stated, “For four years, my country has been living in war,” highlighting the pain felt by families of casualties. Reports indicate that 200,000 Russians have died in the war, with some sources estimating the total death toll may be as high as 320,000.
Ksenia Sobchak has publicly demanded an end to the war in Ukraine, highlighting the ongoing human cost and pain experienced across Russia and Ukraine. She warned that both nations will face long-term consequences from the conflict, which has resulted in significant casualties, with Russian media reporting approximately 200,000 confirmed deaths. Sobchak, who previously ran as a ‘liberal’ candidate against Vladimir Putin in the 2018 presidential election, remains a critic of the Kremlin despite her historically close ties to him.
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Knesia Sobchak was once dubbed the ‘Paris Hilton’ of Russia (Picture: Getty)
Vladimir Putin’s ‘goddaughter’ has issued a demand for an end to his horrific war in Ukraine.
TV presenter, media owner, influencer and socialite Ksenia Sobchak, 44, pleaded for an end to the bloodshed in a post this week.
Her late father, former St Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, was Putin’s political mentor, and the dictator attended her Orthodox Church baptism.
In a post marking the fourth anniversary of the war, the former Playboy model lambasted the war started by Putin and said it ‘must end’.
‘For four years, my country has been living in war,’ she said, adding that the worst of the horrors were hidden from wealthier people living in Moscow, St Petersburg and other major cities.
‘This is not visible in the capitals. It is not visible in the cities. But it’s already woven into countless thousands, and thousands, and thousands of human destinies – and if we mark on a map every mother who lost a son or daughter, every wife who lost a husband, every family that lost a person killed at the front – the whole country will be burning with red dots of grief and pain.’
In 2018, she challenged Putin by running as a more ‘liberal ‘candidate (Picture: AP)
She warned: ‘Russians are dying, Ukrainians are dying—sometimes quickly, sometimes in pain and agonisingly slowly.
‘Cities on both sides are freezing without heat and light. All of this must end. Both countries will be dealing with the consequences for a very long time, many, many years.
‘Today, I wish us all that this day will come sooner.’
Sobchak stood as a ‘liberal’ rival to Putin in the 2018 presidential election, but she is usually loyal to her godfather.
It comes as Russian media confirmed the names of 200,000 Russians who died in the war.
Other sources indicate the full death toll to be around 320,000.
The popular television host spoke out on the anniversary of the war (Picture: AP)
Shortly after the war broke out in 2022, Knesia used her Israeli passport to enter Lithuania from Belarus.
It is believed she was running away from persecution as Moscow state investigators looked into whether she said the invasion into Ukraine was ‘funded from abroad’.
Many suspect Putin actually allowed Knesia to leave – rather than see the woman dubbed his ‘goddaughter’ held in detention like his other political foes.
But the socialite-turned-politician, who was once called the ‘Paris Hilton of Moscow’, grew up to become a critic of the Kremlin.
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