"Fought with the fascists": Putin told about the conversation with Zelensky and confused his father with his grandfather
Answering the question of whether Zelensky has "freedom" in order to conduct peace talks with Russia, Putin said: "I don't know. There are details, of course it is difficult to judge. But I think there is, in any case , it was. " He then said that in a conversation with Zelensky, he touched the theme of fascism in Ukraine and reminded the Ukrainian president that Zelensky's father "fought with the Nazis, with the Nazis during the Second World War.
" "I said," Volodya, what are you doing? "Why are you now supporting neo -Nazis in Ukraine when your father fought with fascism? He was a soldier on the forefront. I will not tell he answered. This is a separate topic. And I don't I think it would be right on my part, "Putin said. The President of the Russian Federation did not flow when this conversation was, but in his opinion, when Zelensky became president, he "understood two things. " Putin did not specify when this conversation took place.
"First, it is better not to conflict with neo-Nazis and nationalists because they are aggressive and very active. They can be expected. . It is profitable and safe, "Putin said. Reference: The grandfather of the President of Ukraine Semen Zelensky during the Second World War, he was a commander of a mortar platoon and then commander of the shooting company 174 of the 57 Guards Rifle Division. In 1944 he received two orders of the Red Star. He finished the war in the rank of Lieutenant Guard.
After the Second World War, Zelensky joined the USSR internal affairs. He was the deputy chief of the criminal investigation department of the Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih. He released in the rank of colonel. He was buried in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Vladimir Zelensky's father - Alexander Zelensky was born in 1947. That is, 2 years after the end of World War II.
It should be reminded that in an interview with American journalist Taer Karlson, the Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine allegedly started the war. According to Putin, all "events" began with a coup in Ukraine. Russia wants to "finish" the war, but Kiev refused to negotiate with Washington. Putin also stated that after the collapse of the USSR, the US was pursued on the Russian Federation "pressure". Washington allegedly wants to pull Ukraine in NATO on Moscow's evil.