In particular, Ukraine condemned the “shameful statement” head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the statements of the Foreign Minister of the aggressor Russia Sergey Lavrov, in which he compared the international isolation of the Russian Federation due to the war with the murder of Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. Such a comparison will not help Moscow escape punishment.
This was stated by the press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko.
According to him, the department condemns “a shameful statement that insults the memory of millions of victims of the Holocaust” .
“The chairman of the Russian Foreign Ministry compared Russians waging an aggressive war with millions of Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. It turns out that it is not Russian rockets that are shooting at residential buildings in Ukraine, but the West has formed a coalition to resolve the “Russian issue,” the Foreign Ministry representative stressed. .
He noted that Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba had already drawn attention to the “deeply rooted anti-Semitism of the Russian elites.” Modern Russia is full of hatred for other peoples, Nikolenko added, and also called on the world to respond to Lavrov’s latest statement.
“At the Nuremberg Tribunal, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop denied his participation in the crimes of the Nazis, but this did not help him escape punishment. Just as Lavrov will not escape punishment, posing as himself and Russia as a victim,” Nikolenko summed up.
By the way, the White House reacted to the cynical statement of the Russian minister, writes Reuters. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called it offensive: “This is so absurd that it should not be reacted to, except in a really offensive way in which he tried to present us in terms of Hitler and the Holocaust.
Israel also condemned such views of Lavrov. The European Jewish Congress said they were “astonished” by the remarks. “This is a distortion of the Holocaust at its most basic level. We call on Lavrov to unequivocally apologize and withdraw these comments,” Congress President Ariel Muzikant emphasized.
What Lavrov said again
< p>The day before, during his annual press conference, Lavrov compared the actions of the United States and allies in the framework of assistance to Ukraine with the actions of Hitler during World War II.
“Just as Napoleon mobilized almost all of Europe against the Russian Empire, just as Hitler mobilized and captured, put under arms most of the European countries and threw them against the Soviet Union, now the United States has formed a coalition of almost all Europeans in NATO, and not only , from EU members and through Ukraine, by proxy, are waging war against our country with the same task – the final solution of the “Russian question”, – said the Minister of the aggressor of the Russian Federation.
According to him, “just like Hitler wanted finally solve the “Jewish question”, now, if you read Western politicians not only from Poland and the Baltic states, but also much smarter, they unequivocally say that Russia must suffer a strategic defeat.
By the way, this is not This is the first time that a Foreign Minister allows himself to make cynical statements: In May 2022, he called Jews “the most vicious anti-Semites”, repeating the Kremlin's propaganda that the Nazis were active in Ukraine and stated that A Dolph Hitler was of Jewish origin.
