Putin put Ukrainians on par with the leaders of the CIS countries
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin congratulated a number of heads of state of former members of the Soviet Union on Victory Day.
This was reported on the official website of the Kremlin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The exception was the heads of state of Ukraine and Georgia - in this case, the Russian leader addressed congratulations only to the people of these countries.
“Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, as well as the citizens of Georgia and Ukraine on the 73rd anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War,” the message said. .
Putin also emphasized that Victory Day is a “sacred date and a symbol of unity and heroism” of peoples who fought shoulder to shoulder on the war fronts:
“He especially noted the importance of conveying to the younger generation the undistorted truth about the events of the Great Patriotic War, and also emphasized that the duty of current generations is to prevent a repetition of the tragic events of the past,” says a message on the Kremlin website.
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