Putin claims ‘catastrophe’ in Gaza incomparable to war on Ukraine

Continuing his strident anti-Israel stance, Russian President Vladimir Putin claims the situation in the Gaza Strip is a “catastrophe” unfolding on a scale that cannot be compared to the carnage Moscow has unleashed on Ukraine since it invaded last year.

Putin, whose government has maintained ties with both Israel and the Hamas terror group but who has been vocal in his criticism of Jerusalem, makes the comments during a news conference in Moscow, as his full-scale military campaign against Kyiv approaches the two-year mark.

Russia has justified opening the war by falsely claiming Ukraine is controlled by “Nazis,” which Putin again repeats today, without providing any proof.

“Everybody here and around the world can see and look at the special military operation and at what is happening in Gaza and feel the difference,” he says, using the Kremlin’s name for its conflict in Ukraine.

“But there is nothing like this in Ukraine,” he claims, despite more than 10,000 civilians having been killed in Ukraine, with the UN saying the true toll is likely to be much higher.