Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said that US President Donald Trump's claim that the United States made a greater contribution to the victory in World War II than any other country is "pretentious nonsense."
Trump announced on the social network Truth Social that "no one came close to us in strength, courage, and military brilliance" in both world wars, and that "the United States did more than any other country, far more, to achieve a victorious outcome in World War II."
Medvedev, the former Russian president who has emerged as one of the most vocal anti-Western hawks in Moscow since the start of the war in Ukraine, made his own comments at a time when Washington and Moscow are trying to repair damaged relations through talks on a possible end to the conflict.
"Trump recently stated that the United States made the greatest contribution to the victory in World War II and that he will introduce a special holiday on May 8. The holiday is not a bad thing, but his first statement is pretentious nonsense," Medvedev said on the VKontakte social network, Reuters reports.
"Our people sacrificed 27 million lives of their sons and daughters in the name of destroying damned fascism. That is why Victory Day is ours, and it is on May 9th! That is how it was, that is how it is, and that is how it will always be!", said Medvedev.
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