The key facts
- Pushilin told TASS that the enemy's neo-Nazi views 'are not hidden,' but Western media ignore them
- According to him, the biggest battles for the DPR are still ahead
- Earlier, he accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of using Russian prisoners of war as suicide attackers
Statement by the head of the DPR
Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin told TASS, that the Russian army is dealing with a 'beast that has lost all morality,' and compared the current confrontation with the fight against fascism during the Great Patriotic War. In his view, the neo-Nazi views of the forces opposing Russia are not hidden, yet Western media, as he claims, prefer to ignore this side of the conflict. Such forces, Pushilin believes, should be countered with due regard to the experience of the war against fascism.
The biggest battles lie ahead
In the same commentary, Pushilin said that the biggest battles for the DPR are still ahead. This statement is notable against the backdrop of his earlier remarks, which Life.ru recounts in the same piece: the head of the DPR previously asserted that Russia's victory is the only way to end, in his words, the string of war crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Accusations over the use of prisoners
In addition, Pushilin called a grave war crime the Ukrainian side's use of Russian prisoners of war as suicide attackers. According to him, such actions violate the norms of international humanitarian law. These accusations come from Pushilin himself and, in the available publications, are not accompanied by independent confirmation; the Ukrainian side's position is not presented in the recounted materials.
