2023-06-17 10:02:47
Meanwhile, Kremlin chief Putin irritated several times during his several-hour appearance at the 26th International Economic Forum. For example, with regard to nuclear arms control, he said: “We have more such weapons than the NATO countries. They know that and they’re pushing us all the time to start talks about reductions.”
Then he added: “Fuck it, you know what we say among the people.” A little later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had to explain Putin’s statements to journalists – and put them into perspective. “Russia is ready to conduct negotiations,” he assured.
Putin also said about possible deliveries of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine: If the machines are stationed outside of Ukraine, then the Russian side will “see how and where we destroy these funds”. Here, too, spokesman Peskov rowed back and said that Russia would only attack the jets on Ukrainian territory if they were delivered.
Finally, critical Russian media drew attention to Putin’s claims that his army had destroyed five Patriot anti-aircraft systems in the Kiev area. Because: Ukraine has just received two such systems from foreign partners.
In addition, Putin insulted the Ukrainian head of state Zelenskyy. “I have many Jewish friends since I was a child. They say: ‘Zelenskyj is not a Jew. This is a disgrace to the Jewish people,'” he said. Moscow repeatedly justifies its war of aggression against the neighboring country with the propaganda claim that Ukraine must be rid of alleged «neo-Nazis».
Such statements also cause great horror internationally because Zelenskyj is of Jewish descent. In addition, it has been proven that Holocaust survivors were among the many thousands of victims of Russian attacks in Ukraine.
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