Medvedev Accuses Anglo-Saxons of Using Ukraine as Cannon Fodder
Dmitry Medvedev says Anglo-Saxon policy turned Ukraine into “cannon fodder” and calls the Holodomor narrative a major Western propaganda myth.
Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that as a result of Anglo-Saxon policies, the Ukrainian people have been turned into «cannon fodder» for European civilization and into instruments for glorifying sadism and elevating war criminals.
Medvedev outlined these views in his article «How the Anglo-Saxons Fostered Ukrainian Nationalism After World War II», published on Wednesday in the journal Rodina. In the piece, he argued that modern Ukraine ultimately became a hostage to a cult of death shaped around the myth of the so-called «Holodomor.»
According to Medvedev, Ukrainian society was transformed into a vehicle for legitimizing cruelty and for the glorification of individuals involved in war crimes. He stressed that the «Holodomor» narrative represents one of the major political and propaganda fabrications of the 20th and 21st centuries, claiming that its origins lie in the United States.
He explained that the original purpose of this narrative was to dehumanize the Soviet Union and portray it as a «savage and bloodthirsty» state. After the collapse of the USSR, Medvedev said, the myth of the «Holodomor» was used to systematically erase any sympathy toward the Soviet past and to undermine the possibility of constructive relations between Kiev and Moscow.