Putin's return to G20 summit risks 'normalizing' Russia's war crimes in Ukraine – Kallas

That is according to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Ukrinform reports, citing Politico . She stressed that Russia's return to such international forums would effectively "normalize" the crimes that the aggressor country commits in Ukraine every day, in violation of the principles of the UN Charter. The news outlet notes that Putin has not yet confirmed whether he would attend the December summit hosted in the U.S. His last in-person attendance at a G20 meeting was in 2019 – three years before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.