THE Vladimir Putin spoke to Russian students on the occasion of the start of the Russian school year and emphasized that Russia she is “invincible” to Ukraine waras had happened with World War II.
“I have understood why we won the Great Patriotic War: it is impossible to defeat a people with such mental fortitude. We were absolutely invincible and today we are the same,” he told students in televised remarks. Putin was talking about the letters that his father, who was fighting at the front, exchanged with the grandfather of the Russian president.
The Russian head of state said he was impressed by the determination of his grandfather, who, having just lost his wife killed during the war, instructed his son: “Defeat these bastards!”
“And today, families like these make up the vast majority” of the population, he said.
The Russian president often draws parallels between the war against Nazi Germany and the invasion of Ukraine.
His meeting with the students took place on the occasion of the beginning of the new school year and the start of “Conversations of Importance”, patriotic education courses that were introduced into the school curriculum shortly after the start of the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia is presenting its invasion of its neighbor as an existential battle, accusing Ukraine of being in the hands of anti-Russian neo-Nazis at the service of a West bent on destroying Russia.
Putin also presents Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, as well as Russian-held areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as historically Russian territories that should never have been annexed to Ukraine.
Source: News Beast
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