Kuleba responds to remarks by Lavrov who compared Zelensky to Hitler

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov could not hide the antisemitism of the Russian elites and his words show that today's Russia is full of hatred towards other nations, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

According to Ukrinform, he said this on Twitter.

"FM Lavrov could not help hiding the deeply-rooted antisemitism of the Russian elites. His heinous remarks are offensive to President Zelensky, Ukraine, Israel, and the Jewish people. More broadly, they demonstrate that today's Russia is full of hatred towards other nations," Kuleba wrote.

In an interview with Italy's Mediaset broadcaster, Lavrov said that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood, and the most ardent anti-Semites were usually Jews. Israel expressed outrage at such a statement.

Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, noted that Lavrov compares Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Hitler who killed six million Jews.

"This is how Russia is trying to explain its nonsense about 'denazification', in fact questioning the existence not only of the Ukrainian nation but also of the Holocaust," he said.

Berlin described Lavrov's latest statements as so absurd that they should not even be commented on, according to German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.

Photo: President's Office