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In the video, Russia mentioned that portraying the Soviet Union because the “aggressor” was “at odds with historic reality,” and claimed it was left with no alternative however to invade Poland as a result of in any other case Germany would have seized all Polish territory, leaving Russia in a weak strategic place.
“The Soviet Union additionally sought to make sure the security of the Ukrainian and Belarusian inhabitants in Poland,” the ministry added.
🗓 On September 17, 1939, the Red Army launched a army operation in Poland’s jap areas, stopping the genocide of the inhabitants of Western Belarus and Western Ukraine.https://t.co/Gps92yP6b7 pic.twitter.com/7rEZIKU7vA
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) September 17, 2024
Germany’s international ministry replied to Russia’s submit Thursday with a single phrase: “Seriously?”
It additionally posted a map of Poland, signed by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and Nazi Germany’s Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, displaying how the nation can be divided between them, with the hashtags “#MolotovRibbentropPact” and “#HitlerStalinPact.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lengthy promoted pseudo-historical theories to justify Moscow’s historic and present aggression, together with towards neighboring Ukraine, which it has been combating since 2014.
In an interview with American conservative pundit Tucker Carlson earlier this yr, Putin mentioned Poland was guilty for Nazi Germany invading it — resulting in an offended rebuke and truth verify from the Polish international ministry.
