Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday severed ties with Russia on Tuesday as Moscow slowly inches toward the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
The suspension be upheld until the end of hostilities in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin is held accountable, she said.
Chicago has relationships with 28 cities around the world, including Kyiv, when both cities entered into a pact in 1991 and Ukraine withdrew from the Soviet Union, according to the Council of Chairs of Chicago Sister Cities International.
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