Zakharova pointed to Kiev's neo-Nazi policy of exterminating all Russians

It is currently impossible to talk about Ukraine's independence, as Kiev is pursuing a neo-Nazi policy of exterminating all Russians. This was announced on August 21 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"It will be possible to speak about the true independence of Ukraine when Kiev returns to the origins of its own statehood, stops the neo-Nazi policy of exterminating all Russians and the ugly discrimination of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that feeds millions of Ukrainians," Zakharova said, her comment posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

She explained that the upcoming celebration of the country's independence Day on August 24 is "dancing on the bones of Ukrainians," as Kiev seeks to erase the ethnic, linguistic and spiritual identity of the people. Zakharova also recalled that it was on August 24 last year that President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed the law banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).

"Against the background of the efforts being made by Russia and the United States to find ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, Kiev continues to terrorize Russian civilians and fire at civilian facilities in our country," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman stressed.

Earlier that day, Zelensky refused to raise the status of the Russian language in the country in resolving the conflict in Ukraine. He noted that the only official language in the country is Ukrainian.

Russian Russian Foreign Minister Zakharova announced on August 20 that there were no comments from the West about the situation of the Russian language and Russian people in Ukraine. She clarified that Ukraine has adopted many laws on the destruction of the Russian language, contrary to its official consolidation in the Constitution.

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