“President Putin gave his best wishes to veterans of the great homeland war [tak w radzieckiej, a później rosyjskiej historiografii określa się udział ZSRR w II wojnie światowej] living in Israel ” – indicated in the Kremlin's statement.
Netanyahu talked to Putin. “He emphasized the contribution of the Red Army”
According to the message, the conversation emphasized “the decisive contribution of the Red Army and the entire Soviet nation in the victory over Nazism.” The leaders also determined that “defend the truth about World War II” and counteract attempts to “reveal its results and falsify history.”
Also in the statement of the Israeli side, it was emphasized that Netanyahu “emphasized the decisive contribution of the Red Army in victory over the Nazis” and drew attention to the role of many Jewish commanders and soldiers in victory over Nazi Germany.
The Prime Minister also thanked Putin for helping to release one of the Israeli Hamas hostages, Aleksander Trufanov, who also has Russian citizenship. The man regained his freedom in mid -February as part of the exchange during a truce in the war in the Gaza Strip at the time.
The leaders discussed “various aspects of the current situation in the Middle East and some urgent bilateral matters” – supplemented the Kremlin.
It was the first telephone conversation of the leaders of Russia and Israel from the end of 2023 – reminded the Ynet portal.
Victory Day in Russia
The victory day commemorating Germany is celebrated in Israel, as in Russia on May 9, in Western countries – May 8. The act of surrender was signed in Berlin late in the evening of May 8, 1945, according to Moscow time it was already May 9.
About 1.5 million emigrants from Russia and the former USSR live in Israel and they constitute nearly 15 percent. population. The overwhelming majority of them came to Israel during the collapse of the Soviet Union and in the last decade of the 20th century. Israel is therefore a country in which the largest community of the Red Army and their families outside the former USSR probably lives.
