Russia will go further if my country falls, says Ukrainian film director


Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian film director who was jailed by Russia after opposing Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea said on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin will wreak chaos and destabilisation further west if Ukraine falls.

Russia arrested Oleg Sentsov in Crimea, his native Black Sea peninsula, and sentenced him to 20 years in a maximum security prison over terrorist charges he says amounted to a political vendetta.

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