Putin at a large press conference said that Soviet troops entered Poland "after the Polish government lost control of its armed forces and what is happening on the territory" of the country.
According to the Russian leader, at that moment the Polish government “was already somewhere in the region of the Polish-Romanian border” and therefore “there would be no one to even talk about with this subject.”
“Please give us a little time to analyze this statement, study it and decide whether it requires a diplomatic reaction,” said Shinkovsky. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
In September, Shinkovsky expressed the view that Russia's position on the events of the Second World War does not correspond to “historical truth”.