Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today accused the West of imitating Hitler by using Ukraine as an “instrument of war” against Russia, as Germany did against the USSR in World War II.
“Until today, the United States has subordinated virtually the entire West and mobilized it to make Ukraine an instrument of war against Russia, as well as [o líder da Alemanha nazi, Adolf] Hitler armed most European countries to attack the Soviet Union,” Lavrov told Russia’s parliament ahead of the ratification of the treaties annexing four Ukrainian regions.
Lavrov accused the US of hypocrisy for denouncing that Russia launched an “unprovoked aggression against Ukraine”, noting that Washington also used fabricated arguments to invade Haiti or the Dominican Republic, occupy Panama and start wars. starting in Vietnam, Iraq and Libya.
“The United Nations General Assembly resolutions condemning these and other aggressive actions by the US simply ignored the Americans. They went in one ear and out the other,” the head of Russian diplomacy denounced.
Lavrov also said that unlike the US and NATO, which bombed Yugoslavia, destroyed Iraq and brought chaos to Libya, Moscow has failed to respond “to threats in distant lands”.
“We are defending our borders, our homeland, all our people against an authentic genocide organized by the descendants and followers of the Nazis who now serve their masters across the ocean,” Lavrov said, referring to Kiev.
Lavrov spoke before the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, which today ratified the annexation treaties of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Kherson and Zaporijia regions, all on Ukrainian territory, signed on Friday by President Vladimir Putin.
The military offensive launched into Ukraine by Russia on Feb. 24 has already resulted in more than 13 million people having fled — more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.4 million to European countries — according to the latest UN data, who rank this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and impose it on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
Source: DN
