Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzia this Thursday accused Ukraine of “falsifying its own history”, citing alleged school textbooks that say “the Portuguese are descended from ancient Ukrainians”.
“We have already shown Ukrainian textbooks in this hall, which claim that the Jews, the French, the Portuguese and many other peoples descended from the ancient Ukrainians. What good can come from this historical nonsense and heresy?” Nebenzia asked, without imagining, however , no answer. contextualization of the material in these books.
Thus, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, the Russian diplomat accused the Ukrainian authorities of “brainwashing their own citizens”, “inspiring absolutely false ideas about their country, its role in world civilization and culture.”