Peskov called Ukrainians a peaceful people

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration — Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 17.Ukrainians are peaceful people and a kindred people for Russia, but they have been fooled for a long time, creating «anti-Russia» from Ukraine, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. «Ukrainians — these are very talented, peaceful people, and this is our kindred country, our kindred people.But they were fooled for a very long time.They were fooled through TV, they were fooled at rallies, they were fooled in the speeches of their leaders.And even your peers have become adherents of that very harmful pernicious ideology,” Peskov said, speaking to a young audience on Tuesday at the New Horizons educational marathon. During his speech, he noted that in Ukraine, at the state level, they supported those who revered the Nazis. “And when we said that it was bad, when we tried to shout it out, they didn’t listen to us either. Then, from this very Ukraine, they began to create, as our president said, “anti-Russia” — that is, such a concentration of hatred for our country. And in As a result of this, as well as for other reasons, a special military operation has begun,» Peskov stressed.