Putin accuses Ukraine of 'neo-Nazi' crimes

“Forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies. This is evidenced by crimes against civilians, ethnic cleansing and punitive actions organized by neo-Nazis in Ukraine,” he said. Putin in a statement.

“It is against this evil that our soldiers fight courageously,” he added.

To justify Russian intervention, Putin He denounced on several occasions the “genocide” committed, according to him, against Russian-speaking populations in eastern Ukraine. And he called the government of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky “neo-Nazi”.

“Any attempt to review our country's contribution to the Great Victory (in World War II) amounts to justifying the crimes of Nazism and paves the way for the revival of its murderous ideology,” insisted the Russian president.

Putin also lamented “the millions of innocent deaths – Jews, representatives of other nationalities – who were murdered, tortured, who died of hunger and disease” in Holocaust.

In an exceptional event this year, motivated by the conflict in Ucrania, according to the Warsaw government, representatives of Russia were not invited to the ceremonies marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in southern Poland.

Until last year, the Russia always participated in the ceremonies organized on January 27th.

'Indifference kills along with hate', says Zelensky

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated this Friday (27), International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust that “indifference kills along with hatred”, almost a year after the start of the Russian invasion of his country.

“Today, as always, Ukraine honors the memory of millions of victims of Holocaust. We know and remember that indifference kills along with hatred”, he stated Zelensky, what is Jewish, in a video shared on social media.

“Indifference and hatred create evil”, he added, before asking the nations of the world to “Overcome indifference so that there is less space for hatred”.

The Ukrainian president, however, did not mention Russia or the invasion of his country in the video.

Russia accuses Ukraine of being ruled by Nazis who are trying to exterminate Russian-speaking inhabitants to justify their invasion. And President Vladimir Putin insisted on the rhetoric this Friday.

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