Zelensky speaks of ‘hatred of Russians’
The Ukrainian leader, whose presidential term expired last year, has claimed that resentment fuels his resolve to stay in power

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has admitted that his "hatred" of Russians is one of the driving forces propelling him to “keep going” in the conflict against Moscow.

In an interview with the French daily Le Figaro published on Wednesday, Zelensky identified the emotion as one of his three key psychological drivers since the escalation of the conflict in February 2022.

Zelensky said he hated “Russians who killed so many Ukrainian citizens,”adding that he considered such an attitude appropriate in wartime. His other motivations included a sense of national dignity and the desire for his descendants to live “in the free world.”

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of being a historic oppressor while  Zelensky has previously touted Ukrainians’ “love of freedom” as a trait that distinguishes them from Russians.

Zelensky, whose presidential term expired last year, was elected in 2019 on a platform of defusing tensions with Moscow and reconciling ethnic Russian Ukrainians in Donbass, many of whom opposed the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev. However, his initial diplomatic efforts were thwarted by radical Ukrainian nationalists in the body politic.

Since the coup, Kiev has enacted various policies undermining the rights of ethnic minorities, with Russians as the primary target. Moscow has accused Zelensky of intensifying the crackdown, particularly by attacking the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the country’s largest religious denomination, which now faces potential prohibition for having historic links with Russia.

In a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Zelensky caters to “the segment of the population that holds radical, ultra-right, revanchist, Banderite views,” as his image as a national leader increasingly deteriorates.

“Zelensky does not want to display weakness, as he realizes that his days are numbered,” the Russian official claimed.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614852-zelensky-hatred-russians-office/

THIS HATE OF RUSSIA HAS TURNED ZELENSKY INTO A MONSTER DESPOT. ONE HAS TO GUESS HOW MI6 AND THE CIA USED ZELENSKY'S HATRED TO DESTROY RUSSIA, WHILE GETTING OVER A MILLION OF HIS CITIZENS KILLED, AS WELL AS DESTROYING THE TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN CULTURE IN UKRAINE...

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German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has broadcast Nazi insignia in what it claimed was a report from a “secret military camp” for children in Ukraine.

A report about Ukrainian children “being trained for war in military-style boot camps” on Thursday featured children as young as ten learning to shoot military-grade weaponry, provide first aid, and train in hand-to-hand combat.

“Ukrainians realize the war may continue for many years - and they want to be prepared. Today’s children may just be tomorrow’s soldiers,” DW narrated the broadcast.

One of the teenagers appears to wear a patch with a stylized Nazi Germany’s Imperial Eagle, briefly seen in the video on his shoulder. Unlike the original Reichsadler, who carried the Nazi swastika in its claws, the eagle in the patch appears to have it replaced with the trident from the Ukrainian coat of arms.

The original Reichsadler with the Nazi swastika falls under the category of “unconstitutional organizations” symbols in Germany, and its display outside the contexts of “art or science, research or teaching” is illegal.

The symbol and its variants has been extremely popular among Ukrainian servicemen, repeatedly making it even to official propaganda materials - and getting quietly removed after critics spot them. Other controversial symbols, ranging from patches of various SS units, assorted neo-Pagan and neo-Nazi symbols to outright Nazi German swastikas, have been repeatedly spotted on uniforms of Ukrainian servicemen as well.

The need to “denazify” Ukraine was among the goals proclaimed by Moscow at the very beginning of its special military operation against Kiev launched back in February 2022. Kiev has long-denied the presence of any neo-Nazi elements in the country’s military, as well as any broader issues with such ideology in the country, dismissing any assertions on the matter as “Russian propaganda.”

https://www.rt.com/news/616034-ukraine-kids-nazi-eagle/

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 SEE ALSO: https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/20/in-ukraine-ultra-nationalists-are-the-good-guys/

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