Sergey Lavrov recently cynically compared Russians to victims of the Holocaust. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted sharply to the words of Putin's henchman.
Ukraine strongly condemns Lavrov's shameful statement, which insults the memory of millions of victims of the Holocaust. This was announced by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko, informs Channel 24.
The reaction of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to Lavrov's absurd statement
Nikolenko noted that the head of the enemy Foreign Ministry, Lavrov, compared Russians waging an aggressive war with millions of Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. The speaker also added: “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.”
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has already drawn attention to the deep-seated anti-Semitism of the Russian elites. Modern Russia is indeed filled with hatred for other peoples.
We strongly condemn the shameful statement of Sergei Lavrov, which insults the memory of millions of victims of the Holocaust… We congratulate the Jewish Congress of Europe for its quick reaction. We call on the Israeli authorities and Jewish organizations around the world to respond to Lavrov's latest statement,” Nikolenko said.
He also recalled that 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 like Lavrov will not escape punishment , presenting himself and Russia as a victim, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stressed.
What is known about the Lavrov scandal
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference on the results of the activities of the Russian diplomacy in 2022 compared the collective West to Hitler, and the Russians to the victims of the Holocaust.
- The European Jewish Congress has already reacted. EJC President Ariel Musikanta said: “We are shocked and outraged by this shameful comparison made by Minister Lavrov between the actions of a coalition of democratic countries and Hitler's persecution and murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.”
- Musicanta also stressed that Lavrov's remarks are a distortion of the Holocaust at the simplest level, so the Russian Foreign Minister should apologize.
