A Russian state TV host has compared Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine with the World War II battle of Stalingrad, falsely claiming that all of Europe was fighting with Adolf Hitler against Soviet Russia during what Moscow calls the Great Patriotic War.
Anchor Dmitry Kiselyov made the remarks during a segment on Russia's Channel One. It was aired after the 80th anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad, which was marked on Thursday. The event, which ended with the surrender of German forces on February 2, 1943, is deeply symbolic to Russia.
"Russian state TV lies about WWII, attempting to draw parallels with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Host Dmitry Kiselyov falsely claims that the collective West attacked "Soviet Russia" in WWII," she wrote as a caption.
BBC journalist Francis Scarr also shared a still from the broadcast, describing Kiselyov's comments as "some jawdroppingly shameless rewriting of history."
Kiselyov falsely claimed that 80 years ago, during the battle of Stalingrad, Europe sided with Germany against Russia.
"We fought off the onslaught of the collective West against our country... the entire Europe was on the side of fascist Germany," the TV anchor began.
"The armada of Hitler's Germany near Stalingrad had superior quantities of troops, arms and equipment. They ran into all kinds of trouble. We'll follow up with more details, but the fact is that Stalingrad is our common experience, for those who won and for those who were defeated," Kiselyov continued.
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