‘Same Jewish blood’: Russian international minister compares Zelenskyy with Hitler

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has in contrast Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Austrian-born German dictator Adolf Hitler. “Zelensky’s Jewishness does not negate his Nazism. Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood,” he stated.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Russia’s international minister Sergei Lavrov has stirred up a contemporary controversy by evaluating Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with German dictator Adolf Hitler. He stated each Zelenskyy and Hitler have been Nazis they usually had “Jewish blood” in them.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid slammed the Russian Foreign Minister, saying that his feedback have been “unforgivable, outrageous and a historical mistake”. “Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against Jews is to accuse Jews themselves of antisemitism,” he said.

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Foreign Minister Lavrov’s remarks are each an unforgivable and outrageous assertion in addition to a horrible historic error. Jews didn’t homicide themselves within the Holocaust. The lowest degree of racism in opposition to Jews is to accuse Jews themselves of antisemitism.

— – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) May 2, 2022

Protesting the statements, Israel has now summoned the Russian of their nation to hunt an evidence.

The Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security below the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine quoted Lavrov as saying: “Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewishness does not negate his Nazism. Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood.”

“#Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewishness does not negate his Nazism” says Russia’n FM Sergei #Lavrov. “Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood.”

Russian Ambassador has already been summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry to protest these statements by Lavrov. pic.twitter.com/GjWjtNMLOG

— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) May 2, 2022

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