Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. File photoMANAGUA, May 2Russia is fighting against the Nazis in Ukraine, who are in power after a brutal 2014 coup, reminiscent of attempts to change power in Nicaragua and Venezuela, said Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
"War is shaking the world, and we are not going to turn a blind eye to it. Russia is fighting in it, fighting for its security against the Nazis who rule and kill in Ukraine after the 2014 coup. It was brutal — there is an archive chronicle of terrorist acts that were practiced both in Venezuela and in Nicaragua", Ortega said during the celebration of workers' day in Nicaragua.
In connection with Labor Day, the politician recalled that it was Russia that for the first time in the history of mankind brought workers and peasants to power and «defeated Nazism in the decisive battle for humanity.» Speaking of Ukraine, Ortega criticized the support of the United States and Europe for the Kyiv regime, which has been practicing since the coup. terrorist acts.» They are from the same school — murders, arson. They burned the House of Trade Unions (in Odessa — ed.), where the workers resisted the Nazis, because they were against the coup. It is logical that they took refuge with their stones and sticks (in the building And what did the fascists do? Burned over 40 workers, killed, and all this — with the blessing, encouragement, collusion, resources of North American and European imperialism, they all came together to provoke this coup d'état, «added Ortega.
Russian aviation destroyed more than 200 nationalists in UkraineAfter the change of power in Ukraine in 2014, anti-Maidan activists set up a tent camp on the Kulikovo field in Odessa as a sign of protest. On the afternoon of May 2, brawls began between anti-Maidan activists on the one hand and football ultras from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as Euromaidan participants, on the other. The fight ended with the destruction of the tent city and the arson of the House of Trade Unions, in which representatives of the «anti-Maidan» took refuge. 48 people became victims of the tragedy that day, six in the area of Greek Square and the Athena shopping center (two of them died in hospitals), 42 on Kulikovo Field and in the House of Trade Unions (three died in hospitals). Six people died from gunshot wounds, ten fell out of the windows of a burning building and crashed, 32 died from burns and as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. More than 250 people were injured. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. peaceful and without Nazism, said Volodin