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One of the leaders of the authorities imposed in occupied Ukraine has described the border between Russia and Ukraine as worse than the Berlin Wall for the Germans", according to a report from RIA Novosti.

It quotes Vladimir Rogov saying:

For us, the border with Russia is worse than the Berlin Wall for the Germans. According to various estimates, 60-68 per cent of the inhabitants of East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic [East Germany] had relatives in West Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany [West Germany]. In Ukraine, depending on the region, 73-85 percent residents have relatives in Russia. Accordingly, this border should not exist.