The President of Russia Vladimir Putin is ironic after examining the map of Eastern Europe of the 17th century, he wanted to prove that Ukraine did not exist then, but he did not read the document properly – a new mistake of Russian propaganda.

Vladimir Putin and the head of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin examine a map of Eastern Europe of the 17th centuryPhoto: Mykhailo Klimentiev/Kremlin Pool / Zuma Press / Profimedia

On Tuesday, the Kremlin published a video on its website in which Vladimir Putin receives the head of the Constitutional Court of Russia, Valery Zorkin, in his office.

Valery Zorkin came to show him a map of Eastern Europe, with which to support the thesis that the Ukrainian people never existed in history and which would justify the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

“Soviet authorities created Soviet Ukraine. This is something that everyone knows well. Until that time, there was no Ukraine in the history of mankind,” Vladimir Putin firmly stated in front of the map.

“Ukraine or the Land of the Cossacks”

But perhaps the head of the Kremlin did not look at the map that way, observers of the war in Ukraine unleashed by Russia note on social networks.

Made by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, one of the greatest cartographers of the 17th century, this map is signed “S’Sanson” and is available online.

It is entitled “White Rus or Muscovy, divided according to the size of the kingdoms, principalities, principalities, provinces, and peoples now under the rule of the Tsar of Russia, known as the Grand Duke of Muscovy.”

On the map next to the current Ukraine, it is easy to see the term “Vkraine ou Pays des Cosaques” (“Ukraine or Land of the Cossacks”).

Along the Dnieper is also the city of Kyiv, which is spelled “Kiov”.

The presence of “Ukraine” north of the Sea of ​​Azov is also observed.

At the time when this map was created, today’s Russia was called the “Grand Duchy of Moscow”, and representatives of the Polish nobility ruled a large part of modern Ukraine.

This apparent mistake by the Kremlin caused a reaction in social networks, writes News.ro.

“The pathetic war criminal is still trying — and failing — to justify his catastrophic mistake of genocidal war,” Russian propaganda lawyer Paula Shertok commented on Twitter.

In a comment, a CNN journalist condemns these footage from the Kremlin as “the absurdity of the day.”

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