Olga Denisova. Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin told about the multinational composition of the red Army liberated the concentration camp in Auschwitz, and asked him to explain it to the Polish foreign Minister, who said that Auschwitz was liberated by the Ukrainians.

on Wednesday on Polish radio, Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Grzegorz Schetyna said that the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Auschwitz was liberated by the Ukrainians, because this operation was carried out by forces of the First Ukrainian front. According to the Minister, there were Ukrainian soldiers on that January day, and they opened the gates of the camp, and they liberated the camp ".

Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin at a special meeting of the UN devoted to the Armenian genocide, recalled that on January 27, will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation by the red army, the largest Nazi concentration camp. This day is celebrated as the international day of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.

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