Russian President Vladimir Putin considered this Tuesday “abominable” that “a Jew” like the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, covered up Nazism in his country.
“What makes this whole situation extremely abhorrent is that a Jew is covering up the glorification of Nazism by Ukraine and those who, at the time, led the Holocaust,” Putin told Rossiya 24 television channel.
He also recalled that 1.5 million Jews were killed in Ukraine during the German occupation of the country during World War II.
On the other hand, he accused the Western powers that supported Zelensky’s rise to power of “hiding the anti-human essence that is at the base of the modern Ukrainian state.”
The Russian leader issued these statements while presiding
to the meeting of the “Victory” committee, responsible for organizing the commemorations of the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, which Moscow celebrates annually on May 9.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Putin has accused Zelensky of leading a “neo-Nazi regime”, something kyiv categorically rejects.
On the other hand, Kiev accuses the Kremlin of “fascist” tactics by committing alleged war crimes on Ukrainian soil and indiscriminately attacking civilian infrastructure during the war of aggression that has been ongoing in Ukraine for more than a year and a half.
In October 2021, Zelensky, born into a Jewish family, paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust in Ukraine, along with the presidents of Israel and Germany.
The ceremony took place at Babi Yar, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the massacre of almost 34,000 Jews on the outskirts of kyiv.
“It is a black page in the history of humanity. [e] a common tragedy of the Jewish and Ukrainian peoples,” Zelensky stressed.
The military offensive launched in February 2022 by Russia in Ukraine caused, according to UN data, the worst refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945) and in the last 18 months it resulted in a high number of refugees. victims not only military but also civilians, impossible to count while the conflict unfolds.
The invasion – justified by Putin with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the international community in general, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.
Source: TSF
