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Its policy towards Gaza, it says, was "paradoxical: Hamas was illegitimate, yet there was no effort to develop an alternative".

"These sanctions are illegitimate and are not based on any legal or moral foundations," he said.

Zelenskyy has shared that he thinks the peace talks are illegitimate, and has promised to reject any deal.

In a hearing on Wednesday, the band's lawyer Edmund Cullen KC described the claim as an "illegitimate, artificial and incoherent" attempt "to pin liability on individuals", the PA news agency reported.

On 28 January, Putin called Zelensky "illegitimate" in an interview with Russian media.