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Serbia responded to the British ambassador's words about the "Ukrainian" Red Army
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin responded to the words of British Ambassador Edward Ferguson that the Third Ukrainian Front of the Red Army, which liberated Yugoslavia during World War II, "was 70 percent Ukrainian." This was reported by the press service of the Serbian politician, RIA Novosti reports.
"I don't know how Ambassador Ferguson calculated how many Ukrainians or Russians were in the Red Army during the liberation of Belgrade, but I do know that no one has calculated how many British, Scottish, Irish or Welsh airmen were in the hundreds of bombers that arrived on Easter 1944 and bombed Serbia," the deputy prime minister said.
He also denied the British ambassador's claim that Bulgaria's switch to the Allied side inspired Yugoslav partisans to fight against the Nazi occupation. Vulin noted that changing sides in the conflict is a "tradition" for Bulgarians.
Earlier, the Russian embassy in Serbia commented on the British diplomat's article about Soviet soldiers. It is claimed that Ferguson tried to downplay the role of Soviet soldiers in the liberation of Serbia during World War II, distorting the "historical truth."