‘I went to Mariupol too’: Vereshchuk compares Putin to Hitler

The head of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, visited Mariupol after the invasion, just like the leader of the Russians, Vladimir Putin. In an interview with Corriere della Sera on March 21, Irina Vereshchuk, head of the Ministry for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, gave the details.

He remembered that Hitler was in the city in 1941. In this context, he proposed to make an analogy with current events. Vereshchuk drew attention to the weakness of the Russian dictator.

“He will be forced to retire soon,” he said.

The representative of the Ukrainian government noted that the Russian soldiers and officers did not comply with the norms of the Geneva Convention. Invaders are massively mocking not only adults but also children.

Vereshchuk drew attention to the situation in the occupied Ukrainian territory, where the Russians are trying to forcibly recruit soldiers and keep them in military service. Ukrainian citizens are ordered to change their passports, and Russian education programs are imposed in schools. The invaders continue to destroy and rob private property.

As Vereshchuk points out, the most serious injustices are committed against civilian prisoners. Efforts continue to free them from Russian captivity.

“There are more than 3,000 on our lists,” Vereshchuk said. Said.

Recall, Russian media reported that on March 19, Putin arrived in Mariupol. The dictator seems to have decided, together with the local people, to control the work of the occupation administrations on the ground.

Experts revealed the importance of Putin’s trip to occupied Mariupol. Olga Lautman, an independent senior researcher at the Center for European Policy Analysis, believes the Russian dictator is trying to bring the Russians together and distract them from the international arrest warrant.