Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has regularly justified it by a desire to “denazify” the country. The Russian president did it again, Tuesday, September 5, by directly attacking his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, with comments that did not fail to provoke a reaction: “Western conservatives have put a Jew of origin in the head of Ukraine” to “hide the anti-human essence” of the country, Putin asserted.
Charges condemned by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna: “Nasty innuendo, abject remarks, proven anti-Semitism: the statements made on September 5 by the Russian president on the Ukrainian president and on Ukraine are unworthy” , she was offended on X (ex-Twitter), Friday September 8.
Vile innuendoes, despicable remarks, proven anti-Semitism: the statements made on September 5 by the Russian president about the Ukrainian president and about Ukraine are outrageous.
In his statements, Vladimir Putin lamented an “extremely sickening situation” for Ukraine: “An ‘ethnic Jew’ conceals the glorification of Nazism and those who led the Holocaust in Ukraine,” he said, adding that “ordinary Israeli citizens understand this best.”
This is not the first time that the Russian president has attacked his Ukrainian counterpart in this register: last June, during a forum in Saint Petersburg, he called it “a shame for the people Jew.”