Putin rejected assumptions about a “preventive war of the USSR” against Germany

He wrote about this in an article for The National Interest.

“I can declare with all responsibility that there are no archival documents confirming the assumption that the USSR intended to start a preventive war against Germany,” the material says.

Putin emphasized that the military leadership of the Soviet Union “followed the doctrine that, in case of aggression, the Red Army had to quickly respond to the enemy, go on the offensive and wage war on enemy territory”.

“However, these strategic plans do not mean any intention to attack Germany first,” the Russian president said.

An article by the Russian president was published on June 18 on the website of The National Interest.

In it, he also noted that the USSR and the Red Army made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, no matter who tried to prove the opposite.