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Why is Putin talking about destroying Ukraine?

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To answer this question, here is an excerpt from a column signed this Tuesday Release By John SapodotHistorian, Professor of Contemporary History at Paris-Sorbonne.

“History is these lights that we retrieve from the past or these symbols that we polish. These are also stamped notes and words: the Ukrainian power, according to Putin, is a “Nazi” mob. Remember that President Zhelensky was a Jew, which he did not doubt the sympathy of the Third Reich. But the argument struck by television and the Russian-dominated press was effective: it is a reminder that during World War II, there were as many anti-Stalinist collaborators in the region as there were in the Baltic countries. An alliance with the Germans would drive out the Bolsheviks), but also expel them from anti-Semitism. There are neo-Nazi far-right in Ukraine, and thousands of shaved idiots want to play runes and swastikas against Russians and Jews.

Extraordinary skill: Putin calls for Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and call for a general recollection of the “Great Patriotic War” (1941-1945) against the “German fascists” – victory only if one’s ability is mentioned. Ukrainian military resistance and difficulties of the Russian army. The war against the Germans, as catastrophic and deadly as it was, Stalin had a defense, he sought to forget the people by the general epic, the superiority of the motherland, and the cruelty of the famine he had committed. Invaded Ukraine in the 1930s […].

Putin and his media are aimed at recalling undeniable historical facts. Calling contemporary Ukrainians “Nazis” is as absurd as adorning the Vertigris of today’s Germans or Austrians.

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