Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Ukrainians’ existence as a distinct national group on June 30, insisting that just like Jewish communities around the world, “Russians and Ukrainians are a single people.”
Haaretz: Putin evokes ‘Jewish unity’ in denying Ukrainian peoplehood
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual televised phone-in with the country's citizens "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Moscow's World Trade Center studio in Moscow on June 30, 2021.
