During the Great Patriotic War, the Nazis did not fight against ideology, their goal was to seize the territory of the USSR and physically destroy the majority of the country’s population. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the monument in memory of the victims of the Nazi genocide in the USSR. RIA News.
According to the president, civilians accounted for more than half of the total losses suffered by the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.
“And this is convincing evidence that the Nazis and their satellites were not fighting against a political regime or ideology, no. Their goals were aimed at the physical destruction of the richest natural resources, the territory of our country and the majority of citizens,” Putin said.
January 27 Putin and Lukashenko A monument was unveiled Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.
Lukashenko on the same day criticized Destruction of monuments to Soviet soldiers in the EU and Ukraine.
Germany had previously stated accepts full responsibility For the blockade of Leningrad.