Russia's manipulation of truth has reached unacceptable and despicable low point -  Borrell on Lavrov's statements comparing Russians to Jews during Holocaust

Borrell's statement was published on the official website of the European Commission.

Borrell emphasized that "contemporary Europe was built on the ashes of the Holocaust," which is "a defining, terrible legacy of European history." He called Lavrov's comments comparing Russians to Jews during the Holocaust "entirely misplaced, disrespectful."

"Latest comments by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accusing “The West” of seeking a “final solution” for Russia are entirely misplaced, disrespectful and trample on the memory of the six million Jewish people, and other victims, who were systematically murdered in the Holocaust. This adds to previous antisemitic remarks of Minister Lavrov," Borrell stressed.

The High Representative of the European Commission noted that the Kremlin's manipulation of the truth "has reached another unacceptable and despicable low point."

"The Russian regime's manipulation of the truth to justify its illegal aggressive war against Ukraine has reached another unacceptable and shameful limit. There is no parallel between the crimes of Nazi Germany and the international help for Ukraine in defending its territory and people against an unjustified aggression. Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring country, targets and kills civilians there on a daily basis, with the stated aim to destroy the country and the Ukrainian nation," the statement reads.

"Holocaust denial, distortion and trivialization are against EU law and EU values. The EU made the unequivocal commitment to ensure that such atrocities never happen again," Borrell said.