On Day of Remembrance, Zelenskyy says Russia is "renewed version of Nazism"

81 years after the end of the most devastating war of the 20th century – World War II – Ukraine is once again forced to confront total evil, a renewed version of Nazism embodied today by Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Source: Zelenskyy's address marking the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, observed across Europe on 8 May

Quote: "Unfortunately, 81 years later, we are once again forced to stop evil – evil that is just as absolute. Evil that brings nothing but ruins and abuse. And evil based on a similar ideology of enmity. An updated version of Nazism, marked: made in Russia."

Details: Zelenskyy recalled that World War II turned Ukrainian land into "a battlefield of brutal fighting, abuse in occupied territory, and the mass destruction of people and life".

"The losses of the Ukrainian people were among the greatest in World War II. And the contribution of Ukrainians to the defeat of the Nazis was also among the greatest. Millions of Ukrainians, serving in various armies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition states, fought against Nazism. Millions of Ukrainians were among the victors, having done everything in their power to ensure that absolute evil was defeated," Zelenskyy said.

He added that today the united free world can and must overcome Russian aggression.

The president thanked everyone who is helping Ukraine defend lives and prevent the Russian regime from being able to "dictate to the world what comes next".

"Defending people's lives and the freedom of nations from Putin is an absolutely dignified way to honour the memory of those who did not allow Hitler to subjugate Europe and the world," Zelenskyy concluded.

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