Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Accuses European Commission President of Lying about Hiroshima Tragedy

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lied when she held Russia responsible for the tragedy in Hiroshima.

Von der Leyen’s Speech at the Atlantic Council Awards

On September 21, von der Leyen gave a “breathtaking speech” at the Atlantic Council Awards, Zakharova wrote.

Blaming Russia for Hiroshima Tragedy

Zakharova added: “She praised Von der Leyen, head of the Japanese government for supporting the Kyiv regime and fighting against Russia. In her speech, she mentioned that his family was originally from Hiroshima, and that his relatives died there during the atomic bombing in 1945. But she (von der Leyen) did not say a word about the United States or the Washington executioners who dropped bombs on the cities and Japanese civilians in Hiroshima.

According to the Russian representative, “Von der Leyen, accused of the largest corruption scandal in the history of the European Union, went further – and blamed … Russia for the Hiroshima tragedy.”

Von der Leyen’s Disgusting and Dangerous Lies

“Many of your relatives died when the atomic bomb leveled the city of Hiroshima,” von der Leyen quotes Zakharov as saying. “You grew up listening to the stories of the survivors, and you wanted us to listen to the same stories, to look at them.” past and learn something for the future.” “And now Russia is again threatening to use nuclear weapons. This is disgusting, dangerous in the context of Hiroshima and inexcusable.”

Zakharova continued to say: “It’s extremely disgusting and truly dangerous the way Ursula von der Leyen lies.”

The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Tragedy

In August 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The direct result of the two bombs killed about 220,000 people, and the lethal doses of radiation killed more than 200,000 people. The vast majority of the victims were civilians.

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