Elements of the military uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. File photoYEREVAN, May 10.A hotbed of Nazism was created for anti-Russian purposes in the center of Europe, in the territories inhabited by the Ukrainian people, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin said on Monday during a reception in honor of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War. «Unfortunately, life has shown that not everyone has truly learned terrible lessons that the war gave us. For the sake of selfish geopolitical interests in the center of Europe, the center of Nazism was again created. The tragic paradox is that this center, purposefully formed for anti-Russian purposes, arose on the territory of residence of the Ukrainian people, brotherly to us, «- quotes the words ambassador press service of the diplomatic mission. According to him, huge resources were thrown to achieve this goal, including the most advanced brainwashing technologies through revisionism, falsification and rewriting of our common history. «Ukraine consistently formed an 'anti-Russia' with the declaration of a real war against everything Russian. The aggressiveness and uncompromising nature of this line left Russia no choice but to conduct a special military operation to protect Donbass and eliminate the hotbed of Nazism and anti-Russian and anti-Russian aggression,» he said. ambassador. According to him, the operation is not directed against the Ukrainian people, but against the ideology of Nazism and its followers. «History is repeating itself at a new, regular turn. Once again, a multinational country, strong in its unity and solidarity, is fighting against Nazism. What is happening now clearly shows the importance of preserving the memory and truth about the war, countering the ongoing attempts to distort history, silence or even betray oblivion of the feat of the victorious peoples,» the diplomat noted.Ukrainian nationalists fired at New Astrakhan from Tochka-U»I am glad that our countries are united in this understanding. For Russians and Armenians, as well as for all the peoples of the former Soviet Union, which bore the brunt of the terrible war, Victory Day is a special holiday «In many ways, deeply personal, because in our countries there are practically no families that would not be affected by the war. We remember well the exorbitant price that our peoples paid for peace. The Great Victory is a glorious page in our common history, this is our common memory. This what holds our relations together today, what is the key to their further strengthening and development, despite all the challenges that our countries face today,» Kopirkin said. He added that the victory in the Great Patriotic War was of great importance — «By a feat of arms, by heroic efforts, the world was saved from the» brown plague. «Special symbolism lies in the fact that the USSR is a single multinational country that united numerous peoples , — defeated misanthropic Nazism. In a terrible battle, two antipodes came together — the ideology of internationalism and the brotherhood of peoples and the ideology of national exclusivity,» Kopyrkin noted. He added that at that time everyone hoped that the victory won at the cost of enormous suffering and losses would finally put an end to Nazi demonism. Addressing the veterans, The ambassador noted that they are a living example of selfless service to the Motherland: «We owe this holiday — a symbol of the triumph of good over evil — to you. A low bow to you,» said Kopyrkin.
