Ukrainian politician Kira Rudik criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's rationale for the warfare in Ukraine, evaluating it to situations wherein victims of sexual assault are blamed due to what they have been sporting.

"They're mainly saying Ukraine was sporting lipstick. Ukraine was sporting a really quick skirt. That is why we did not have another solution to act apart from assault and rape. That is precisely what they have been saying, and that is precisely what Russia is doing," Rudik mentioned Tuesday throughout an interview with Sky Information.

Putin repeatedly has tried to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine that started in late February by accusing its neighboring nation of being the aggressor. He spoke at size about his rationale throughout Victory Day celebrations in Moscow's Purple Sq. on Monday, defending going to warfare because the "solely proper determination" as he accused the West of arming NATO in order that Ukraine may assault Crimea.

"It was a menace we could not settle for, it was a menace on to our border. Every part confirmed that we're coping with Nazis and we've got to do one thing about it," he mentioned throughout a speech.

Ukraine Official Criticizes War Rationale
Ukrainian politician Kira Rudik criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rationale for the warfare in Ukraine, evaluating it to situations wherein victims of sexual assault are blamed due to what they have been sporting. Above, Putin and Russian Protection Minister Sergei Shoigu depart Purple Sq. after the Victory Day army parade in central Moscow on Might 9, 2022.Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP through Getty Photographs

"There was a menace that was rising daily. We needed to do one thing, we needed to do one thing and we did it—it was the one proper resolution we may take," Putin added. "It was a call taken by a sovereign and robust nation."

He reiterated his objective to "de-nazify" Ukraine and mentioned that Russia's struggle for "the Motherland" in Ukraine's Donbas area was "in order that nobody forgets the teachings of World Conflict II."

Rudik, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and chief of the Voice political get together, informed Sky Information that it might be "humorous" that Russia is "residing in such a fairytale world of propaganda" if it hadn't not too long ago allegedly bombed a college in jap Ukraine.

The assault, which Russia had not publicly commented on as of Monday, based on the BBC, led to fears that as much as 60 have been killed.

Rudik mentioned that each one the peace talks and negotiations to finish the warfare are "ineffective."

"They can't result in any conclusion as a result of the place of Russia in it's utterly out of this world," she mentioned. "It's based mostly on the full propaganda that that they had all the appropriate to invade my nation, that that they had the appropriate to assault and kill harmless individuals as a result of they felt that there was a menace. They felt that NATO, which is a completely defensive group, was planning to assault them."

Newsweek reached out to Rudik and Russia's International Ministry for remark.