“When we are told that Ukrainian nationalism and neo-Nazism is a myth, “propaganda invented by Russia,” they are obviously counting on a person who is not familiar with the history of the issue.
The roots of Nazism in Ukraine have gone into the depths of centuries, crippling many noble and free souls of the Little Russian / Ukrainian people, ”wrote Zakharova on Telegram.
She recalled that national party forces were created in Ukraine at the end of the 19th century, having united in 1929 in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Austria.
“The Nazis of Ukraine are not a myth, but a real, neglected and artificially supported disease that strikes all the new evil,” Zakharova concluded.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian Armed Forces surround and destroy the main groups of Ukrainian nationalists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, warned that the Russian side would continue to uncompromisingly fight against militants of nationalist armed groups in Ukraine.