The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted sharply to the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in which he compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Hitler.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to the country to protest.

Sergei Lavrov gave an extensive interview to the Italian TV channel Mediaset, in which he talked a lot about Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The presenter recalled the words of Volodymyr Zelensky that the “denazification” declared by the Kremlin at the beginning of the war does not make sense, because there are no Nazis in Ukraine, and he is a Jew.

In response, Lavrov said: “I heard him say that we will not even discuss demilitarization and denazification in negotiations.”

“He argues that there can be a nation if he is a Jew. I may be wrong, but Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews.” not without a freak, “as we say,” said Sergei Lavrov, quoted by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

In response, Foreign Minister Jair Lapid wrote on Twitter: “The remarks of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov are not only unforgivable, they are not only outrageous – they are also a terrible historical mistake.”

“Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is the accusation of Jews themselves of anti-Semitism,” the Israeli minister said.

Ukraine responded to Serhiy Lavrov’s statements.

Adviser to the head of the president’s office, Mykhailo Podoliak, called the minister’s statements “openly anti-Semitic.”

“Another evidence that Russia is the successor to Nazi ideology. In trying to rewrite history, Moscow is simply looking for arguments to justify the mass murder of Ukrainians,” he said on Twitter.

According to the OPU representative, Russia “inadequately assesses the world and its place in it, revises world history in favor of Nazism and the right to kill, expands its military arsenal without neglecting the technologies of terrorism and genocide.”

OP leader Andriy Yermak called it cave anti-Semitism, which covers up conspiracy theories on which dictatorial regimes are always built.

“First, the Russians hit rockets on the territory where the memorial complex Babyn Yar. Now Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov compares Vladimir Zelensky with Hitler, who killed 6 million Jews. Because, according to Lavrov,” the fiercest anti-Semites are usually Jews, “he wrote. Ermak.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, also wrote about the condemnation of Lavrov’s words.

Fascist ideology in Ukraine is prohibited by law. Even radical right-wing parties, which Russian propaganda calls “fascist,” are unpopular in Ukraine.

In 2019, Ukrainian nationalist parties and radical organizations nominated a single candidate for the presidency of Ukraine. As a result, he received 1.6% of the vote.

Volodymyr Zelensky, who won the election with almost 74% of the vote, has Jewish roots. During World War II, three of Zelensky’s relatives fell victim to the Holocaust, and his grandfather fought in the Red Army and was awarded military orders.

“I have Jewish blood. I am the president. Nobody cares about that. Nobody asks about it,” he said in an interview.

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