
RIO Chairman Sergey NaryshkinMOSCOW, March 31Historical memory played a role in shaping the personalities of Russian soldiers and officers who showed dedication and heroism during a special military operation in Ukraine, said Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, chairman of the Russian Historical Society. Step by step, the liberation of the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics continues. There is a consistent, methodical destruction of punitive neo-Nazi formations,» Naryshkin said on Thursday at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the History of the Fatherland Foundation.
Putin thanked the Russian Guardsmen participating in the special operation in UkraineAccording to Naryshkin, he notes with regret «that the dangerous, misanthropic ideology of Nazism, previously shared only by a narrow circle of Bandera radicals, for decades was hammered into the heads of Ukrainian youth, children, spread throughout the country from west to east, many have been struck by the bacillus of hatred.» A significant role in this was played by the forcible washing out of historical foundations, the unilateral rejection of a common culture that has held together the unity of Russians and Ukrainians for centuries, he added. , skillfully, truly heroically. I am sure that historical memory, perceived by them in the family and school, played a role in the formation of these people. This emphasizes how great the role of historical education is today, «said Naryshkin.
The Russian military in Ukraine is showing courage and heroism, Patrushev saidRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.

