Russian President Vladimir Putin made chilling remarks Wednesday, calling for the “self-purification” of the nation and likening the West to Nazi Germany.
“The Russian folks will all the time be capable of distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and easily spit them out like a fly that by accident flew into their mouths,” Putin mentioned in a transcript revealed in English by the Kremlin.
“I'm satisfied that such a pure and obligatory self-purification of society will solely strengthen our nation, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to answer any challenges.”
Putin continued by saying Ukraine is “appearing just like the Nazis did,” claiming with no proof that it's bombing its personal folks. He additionally mentioned the West is making an attempt to “cancel” Russia.
“The West tore off its masks of decency and started to act crudely displaying its true colours,” the despot mentioned.
“One can not assist however bear in mind the anti-Semitic Nazi pogroms in Germany in the Nineteen Thirties, and then pogroms perpetrated by their henchmen in many European international locations that joined the Nazi aggression in opposition to our nation through the Nice Patriotic Battle,” he continued.
Putin has constantly mentioned his invasion of Ukraine is a “denazification” mission and he's liberating the folks of the Donbas area who he claims are victims of genocide.
The totalitarian chief has continued to crack down on inside dissent, guaranteeing that residents that refuse to toe the Kremlin line go to jail.
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Ukraine-born Nika Belotserkovskaya, 51, a well-liked meals blogger, has turn out to be one of many first charged beneath the brand new “faux information” regulation for telling “lies” concerning the conflict.
In the meantime, Putin’s relentless assaults on Ukraine have solely continued.
The our bodies of a household of 5 — together with 3-year-old twins — have been discovered Thursday within the rubble of a bombed hostel in Chernihiv, native emergency companies mentioned, and at the least 130 folks have been pulled from the rubble of the blown-up theater sheltering greater than 1,000 Ukrainians within the “apocalyptic” metropolis of Mariupol.
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