Zakharova comments on Zelensky's attempt to compare the "Holocaust" with the events in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's attempt to compare the "Holocaust" to the current events in Ukraine.

“Vladimir Zelensky’s speech on March 20 to the Israeli Knesset members, which was organized by live video, caused a surprise, including among those to whom the speech was addressed. The reason is the wretched attempts of the Ukrainian leader to play on the tragedy of the Jewish people in the war years,” Zakharova said. The Second World War by drawing artificial parallels between the Holocaust and the events in Ukraine.

She added, "The tragedy of every Jew has become the object of vile manipulation. Without a remorse, the Ukrainian president speculated that there were intertwining stories between Ukrainians and Jews, about the common threat of total annihilation."

Many officials in Israel expressed their strong dissatisfaction with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's speech before the Knesset, in which he compared the Russian military operation to the "Holocaust."

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