Putin: Ukraine Glorifies Nazis, Bases State on Neo-Nazism
Moscow 23 Aug Vesti. It is important that even in countries far from sympathies for Russia, attention is paid to the glorification of Nazism in Ukraine, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin stated in an interview with Pavel Zarubin for IS 'Vesti'.
Consensus
- Putin stated that Ukrainian authorities are glorifying people who killed hundreds of thousands of Russians, Poles and Jews.
- Putin claimed that neo-Nazism is the foundation of modern Ukrainian statehood.
- Putin said Russia's special military operation is partly motivated by the need to combat neo-Nazism and Russianophobia.
- Putin emphasized that even countries unsympathetic to Russia are noticing the glorification of Nazism in Ukraine.
- The statements were made in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin for the media outlet 'Vesti'.
Points of divergence
- Mikhail Drapaty, the new commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, claimed that Russians are a nation without the right to exist and called Donbass residents 'the byproduct of the Soviet Union'. — vedomosti
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova labeled Drapaty a neo-Nazi and linked Ukrainian President Zelensky's advisor Christy Freeland to a Nazi collaborator. — vedomosti
- Zakharova called Bankova Street a haven for neo-Nazis after Freeland's appointment. — vedomosti
- Putin noted that Poland, despite its own Russianophobia, has taken a principled stance against the promotion of neo-Nazi ideology in Kyiv. — m24
Coverage (9 sources)
- Putin: Kyiv glorifies those who killed hundreds of thousands of people — РИАМО
- Putin: Struggle against Nazism and Russophobia – One of the Reasons for the Special Military Operation — Ведомости
- Ukrainian authorities today glorify those who killed hundreds of thousands of Russians, Poles, Jews, Putin said. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Putin: Important that countries far from sympathy for Russia see Nazism in Ukraine — Вести
- Putin paid attention to Poland's position on Ukraine — Вести
- Putin: Struggle against Nazism and desire to destroy all Russian – one of the reasons for SVO — Вести
- Putin: Ukraine glorifies killers of hundreds of thousands — Вести
- Putin named the fight against neo-Nazism one of the reasons for conducting the SMO — Москва 24
- Putin called barbaric attacks by VU a reflection of the neo-Nazi essence of Kyiv — Вести
Key entities
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- Ukraine
- Moscow
- IT 'News'
- Kyiv
- Poland
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- Vesti
- TASS
- IT 'News'
- SVO
- United Russia
- Mikhail Metzel
- Zarubina
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